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Bill An Act relative to the transfer of land in the town of Sharon By Mr. Kafka of Stoughton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4389) of Louis L. Kafka, Paul R. Feeney and Walter F. Timilty (by vote of the town) relative to the transfer of land to be used for a utility scale solar project in the town of Sharon. Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy. [Local Approval Received.] us/states/ma Massachusetts General Court 191st H 4389 Massachusetts H 4389 (191st)
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Massachusetts H 4389 (191st) — An Act relative to the transfer of land in the town of Sharon

By Mr. Kafka of Stoughton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4389) of Louis L. Kafka, Paul R. Feeney and Walter F. Timilty (by vote of the town) relative to the transfer of land to be used for a utility scale solar project in the town of Sharon. Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy. [Local Approval Received.]

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

  • Louis L. Kafka — primary (person)
  • Louis L. Kafka — cosponsor (person)
  • Paul R. Feeney — cosponsor (person)
  • Walter F. Timilty — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2020-02-05 Referred to the committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy referral-committee
  • 2020-02-10 Senate concurred
  • 2020-03-12 Reporting date extended to Thursday June 4, 2020, pending concurrence
  • 2020-03-16 Senate concurred
  • 2020-05-26 Hearing scheduled for 06/01/2020 from 09:00 AM-05:00 PM in Written Testimony Only
  • 2020-06-24 Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
  • 2020-07-02 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
  • 2020-07-02 Rules suspended
  • 2020-07-02 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
  • 2020-07-20 Read third and passed to be engrossed reading-3
  • 2020-07-23 Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2, reading-1
  • 2020-07-31 Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  • 2020-07-31 Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed reading-3
  • 2020-07-31 Rules suspended
  • 2020-07-31 Enacted passage
  • 2020-07-31 Enacted and laid before the Governor passage
  • 2020-08-06 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 142 of the Acts of 2020 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a396d5a4-82b8-4d81-8cc2-7a65496aac7c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).