republic-os/legislation/us/states/ma/193rd/h-3937.md

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Bill	An Act authorizing the town of Canton to grant temporary and permanent easements of certain land of the town situated in the town of Stoughton for highway purposes	By Representative Galvin of Canton and Senator Feeney, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3937) of William C. Galvin and Paul R. Feeney (by vote of the town) that the town of Canton be authorized to grant easements of certain land of said town situated in the town of Stoughton for highway purposes. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]	us/states/ma	Massachusetts General Court	193rd	H 3937	Massachusetts H 3937 (193rd)	bill		enacted		1	26	0	2023-06-22	2024-08-07	openstates	ocd-bill/3bec2b6b-6e88-4079-bac7-4cdc42832470	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/H3937	ab4928fc022e9f69b009b0e679ddcd444b446eb399fbf82e786c0e1850c2dc19	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ma

Massachusetts H 3937 (193rd) — An Act authorizing the town of Canton to grant temporary and permanent easements of certain land of the town situated in the town of Stoughton for highway purposes

By Representative Galvin of Canton and Senator Feeney, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3937) of William C. Galvin and Paul R. Feeney (by vote of the town) that the town of Canton be authorized to grant easements of certain land of said town situated in the town of Stoughton for highway purposes. 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

• Paul R. Feeney — cosponsor (person)
• William C. Galvin — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-06-22 Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government referral-committee
• 2023-07-03 Senate concurred
• 2023-07-11 Hearing scheduled for 07/18/2023 from 11:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-2
• 2023-10-16 Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-10-18 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
• 2023-10-18 Rules suspended
• 2023-10-18 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
• 2024-02-22 Read third, amended and passed to be engrossed passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-26 Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means referral-committee
• 2024-07-25 Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, inserting in place thereof the text of S2897 committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-07-25 Rules suspended
• 2024-07-25 Read second reading-2
• 2024-07-25 Amended by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof he text of S2897 amendment-passage
• 2024-07-25 Ordered to a third reading
• 2024-07-25 Read third and passed to be engrossed passage, reading-3
• 2024-07-29 Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading referral-committee
• 2024-07-30 Rules suspended
• 2024-07-30 House concurred in the Senate amendment with a further amendment, see text of House document numbered 4948
• 2024-07-31 Rules suspended
• 2024-07-31 Senate concurred in the House amendment
• 2024-07-31 Emergency preamble adopted
• 2024-07-31 Emergency preamble adopted
• 2024-07-31 Enacted - 158 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 183 ) passage
• 2024-07-31 Enacted -see Roll Call #236 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0) passage
• 2024-07-31 Laid before the Governor
• 2024-08-07 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 152 of the Acts of 2024 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3bec2b6b-6e88-4079-bac7-4cdc42832470. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).