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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act authorizing the town of Westford to release agricultural preservation restrictions over land owned by Westford Gateway, LLC"
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description: "An Act authorizing the town of Westford to release agricultural preservation restrictions over land owned by Westford Gateway, LLC"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
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legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
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session: "194th"
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identifier: "H 4362"
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citation: "Massachusetts H 4362 (194th)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2025-07-30"
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last_action: "2025-11-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98eac788-8f54-495c-8b4f-73cdeb7ad28e"
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source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4362"
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source_hash: "121b46d511053da4ea25e1f74351f602394d504de84a9e339d9339fe28a1089b"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
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---
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# Massachusetts H 4362 (194th) — An Act authorizing the town of Westford to release agricultural preservation restrictions over land owned by Westford Gateway, LLC
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4362.pdf)
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## Votes
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- H. 4362 On Enactment Land Taking — **156–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- House Committee on Ways and Means — primary (organization)
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- James Arciero — cosponsor (person)
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- John J. Cronin — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-07-30** Reported from the committee on House Ways and Means
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- **2025-07-30** Pending new draft of H3282
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- **2025-07-30** New draft of H3282
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- **2025-07-30** Ordered to a third reading
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- **2025-07-31** Rules suspended
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- **2025-07-31** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-08-04** Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means `referral-committee`
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- **2025-11-17** Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S2723 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-11-17** Rules suspended
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- **2025-11-17** Read second `reading-2`
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- **2025-11-17** Amended by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S2723 `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-11-17** Ordered to a third reading
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- **2025-11-19** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
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- **2025-11-19** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-11-19** Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading `referral-committee`
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- **2025-11-19** House concurred in the Senate amendment
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- **2025-11-19** Enacted - 156 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 115 ) `passage`
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- **2025-11-19** Enacted -see Roll Call #115 (Yeas 37 to Nays 0) `passage`
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- **2025-11-19** Laid before the Governor
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- **2025-11-26** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 75 of the Acts of 2025 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/98eac788-8f54-495c-8b4f-73cdeb7ad28e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
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