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Bill	An Act authorizing the release of an agricultural preservation restriction of certain land in Plymouth	Senate, June 29, 2020 -- The committee on Senate Ways and Means to whom was referred the Senate Bill authorizing the release of an agricultural preservation restriction of certain land in Plymouth (Senate, No. 2335),- reports, recommending that the same ought to pass with an amendment substituting a new draft with the same title (Senate, No. 2781).	us/states/ma	Massachusetts General Court	191st	S 2781	Massachusetts S 2781 (191st)	bill		enacted	Senate Committee on Ways and Means	1	23	0	2020-06-29	2020-08-06	openstates	ocd-bill/23193d78-3242-4adb-9455-4bbdfb6c1724	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S2781	ee8d398278b4cc2adbbc2350efcd632cdc172cc158ecfa9f3cc647d1e6654d91	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ma

Massachusetts S 2781 (191st) — An Act authorizing the release of an agricultural preservation restriction of certain land in Plymouth

Senate, June 29, 2020 -- The committee on Senate Ways and Means to whom was referred the Senate Bill authorizing the release of an agricultural preservation restriction of certain land in Plymouth (Senate, No. 2335),- reports, recommending that the same ought to pass with an amendment substituting a new draft with the same title (Senate, No. 2781).

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• Senate Committee on Ways and Means — primary (person)
• Mathew J. Muratore — cosponsor (person)
• Viriato M. deMacedo — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-06-29 Reported from the committee on Senate Ways and Means
• 2020-06-29 Recommended new draft for S2335
• 2020-06-29 Substituted as a new draft for S2335
• 2020-06-29 Ordered to a third reading
• 2020-06-29 Read third and passed to be engrossed reading-3
• 2020-06-30 Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means referral-committee
• 2020-07-27 Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text contained in House document numbered 4890 committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-07-27 Referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling with the amendments pending referral-committee
• 2020-07-27 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading, with the amendment pending
• 2020-07-27 Rules suspended
• 2020-07-27 Read second reading-2
• 2020-07-27 Amendment (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means) adopted amendment-passage
• 2020-07-27 Ordered to a third reading
• 2020-07-28 Rules suspended
• 2020-07-28 Read third and passed to be engrossed reading-3
• 2020-07-30 Rules suspended
• 2020-07-30 Senate concurs in the House amendment
• 2020-07-31 Emergency preamble adopted
• 2020-07-31 Emergency preamble adopted
• 2020-07-31 Enacted - 158 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY in Supplement, No. 253) passage
• 2020-07-31 Enacted -see Roll Call #274 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0) passage
• 2020-07-31 Laid before the Governor
• 2020-08-06 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 143 of the Acts of 2020 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/23193d78-3242-4adb-9455-4bbdfb6c1724. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).