Proposed state law
Authorize DOT to take highway easements in Woburn and Burlington
Last activity August 6, 2026 (about 1 month ago)
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Filed
July 29, 2026
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In committee
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Reported out of committee
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Passed the legislature
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Signed by the Governor
The act authorizes the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to acquire easements for highway purposes to support an intersection improvement project at Cambridge Road with South Bedford Street and Bedford Road in Woburn and Burlington. It includes an emergency preamble, was enacted as Chapter 173 of the Acts of 2026 after a third reading, and was signed by the governor on August 6, 2026.
Filed by House Committee on Ways and Means, Richard M. Haggerty, Kenneth I. Gordon, and Michelle L. Ciccolo
Now with the Massachusetts House of Representatives
About Transportation & Streets
Compare with the government's own wording
Official title
An Act authorizing the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to take easements over certain land located in the city of Woburn and the town of Burlington held in trust by the city of Boston for the Mary P. C. Cummings Testamentary Trust for highway purposes
Timeline
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July 29, 2026
Amendment 1 adopted
House
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July 29, 2026
Bills in the Third Reading special report accepted
House
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July 29, 2026
Consolidated with S3229
House
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July 29, 2026
New draft of H5541
House
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July 29, 2026
Ordered to a third reading
House
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July 29, 2026
Passed to be engrossed
House
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July 29, 2026
Pending new draft of H5541
House
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July 29, 2026
Read third
House
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July 29, 2026
Reported from the committee on House Ways and Means
House
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July 29, 2026
Rules suspended
House
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July 30, 2026
Emergency preamble adopted
House
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July 30, 2026
Emergency preamble adopted
Senate
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July 30, 2026
Enacted - 158 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 250)
House
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July 30, 2026
Enacted -see Roll Call #227 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)
Senate
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July 30, 2026
Laid before the Governor
Senate
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July 30, 2026
Read, rules suspended, read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed
Senate
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August 6, 2026
Signed by the Governor, Chapter 173 of the Acts of 2026
Executive