republic-os/legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-4843.md

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Bill	An Act providing for the exchange of certain park land in the town of Lexington	By Representative Ciccolo of Lexington, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4843) of Michelle L. Ciccolo and Cindy F. Friedman (by vote of the town) relative to the exchange of certain park land in the town of Lexington from the select board to the school committee. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]	us/states/ma	Massachusetts General Court	194th	H 4843	Massachusetts H 4843 (194th)	bill		enacted	Michelle L. Ciccolo	1	16	3	2025-12-15	2026-06-10	openstates	ocd-bill/deb51859-5f11-4235-8592-1d0911fa7258	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4843	b47ca8020d1d261c0b9b128b082525f6b37a60a81bf14f75631ffeed58bc20c1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ma

Massachusetts H 4843 (194th) — An Act providing for the exchange of certain park land in the town of Lexington

By Representative Ciccolo of Lexington, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4843) of Michelle L. Ciccolo and Cindy F. Friedman (by vote of the town) relative to the exchange of certain park land in the town of Lexington from the select board to the school committee. 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

Votes

• H. 4843 On Enactment Land Taking — 151–0 (pass) · lower
• Passing it to be enacted — pass (pass) · upper
• Passing the bill to be enacted — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Michelle L. Ciccolo — primary (person)
• Cindy F. Friedman — cosponsor (person)
• Kenneth I. Gordon — cosponsor (person)
• Michael J. Barrett — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-12-15 Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government referral-committee
• 2025-12-18 Senate concurred
• 2026-02-12 Hearing scheduled for 03/03/2026 from 01:00 PM-03:00 PM in 222
• 2026-03-03 Hearing rescheduled to 03/03/2026 from 01:00 PM-01:30 PM in 222 and Virtual Hearing updated to New End Time
• 2026-03-12 Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2026-03-23 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
• 2026-03-23 Rules suspended
• 2026-03-23 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
• 2026-04-27 Read third and passed to be engrossed passage, reading-3
• 2026-04-30 Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
• 2026-05-26 Taken out of the Orders of the Day
• 2026-05-26 Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed passage, reading-2, reading-3
• 2026-06-04 Enacted - 151 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 203 ) passage
• 2026-06-04 Enacted -see Roll Call #190 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0) passage
• 2026-06-04 Laid before the Governor
• 2026-06-10 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 99 of the Acts of 2026 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/deb51859-5f11-4235-8592-1d0911fa7258. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).