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Bill An Act authorizing the city of Watertown to acquire property in the city of Waltham By Mr. Lawn of Watertown, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of John J. Lawn, Jr. (with the approval of the city council) that the city known as the town of Watertown be authorized to acquire certain property in the city of Waltham. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.] us/states/ma Massachusetts General Court 192nd H 5100 Massachusetts H 5100 (192nd)
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Massachusetts H 5100 (192nd) — An Act authorizing the city of Watertown to acquire property in the city of Waltham

By Mr. Lawn of Watertown, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of John J. Lawn, Jr. (with the approval of the city council) that the city known as the town of Watertown be authorized to acquire certain property in the city of Waltham. Municipalities and Regional Government. [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

  • John J. Lawn, Jr. — primary (person)
  • Steven C. Owens — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2022-07-26 Referred to the committee on House Rules referral-committee
  • 2022-07-26 Reported, referred to the committee on Joint Rules, reported, rules suspended and referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government referral-committee
  • 2022-07-26 Senate concurred
  • 2022-08-02 Hearing scheduled for 08/05/2022 from 09:00 AM-05:00 PM in Written Testimony Only
  • 2022-08-11 Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
  • 2022-08-15 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
  • 2022-08-15 Rules suspended
  • 2022-08-15 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
  • 2022-08-22 Read third and passed to be engrossed reading-3
  • 2022-08-25 Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
  • 2022-09-15 Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  • 2022-09-15 Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed reading-2, reading-3
  • 2022-09-15 Enacted passage
  • 2022-09-15 Enacted and laid before the Governor passage
  • 2022-09-23 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 220 of the Acts of 2022 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6539556d-8f0b-42b8-897c-858927ef9159. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).