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
This bill authorizes the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to acquire specific land parcels in Woburn and Burlington from the City of Boston to build a highway intersection improvement project. The acquisition includes temporary construction areas and permanent easements totaling over 13,000 square feet, which the state will pay for entirely. The legislation also confirms that land previously set aside by the town of Burlington as mitigation for this project will remain protected for future improvements.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jul 2026
Committee Review
Jul 2026
House Passage
Jul 2026
Senate Passage
Jul 2026
Signed into Law
Aug 2026
Introduced Jul 29, 2026
Signed Aug 6, 2026
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
16
Key actions
8
Committee
1
Amendments
1
Aug 6, 2026
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor, Chapter 173 of the Acts of 2026
executive
Jul 30, 2026
Upper · Passed
Enacted -see Roll Call #227 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)
upper
Jul 30, 2026
Lower · Passed
Enacted - 158 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 250 )
lower
Jul 30, 2026
Lower · Passed
Emergency preamble adopted
lower
Jul 30, 2026
Upper · Passed
Read, rules suspended, read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed
upper
Jul 29, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed to be engrossed
lower
Jul 29, 2026
Lower · Passed
Amendment 1 adopted
lower
Jul 29, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from the committee on House Ways and Means
lower
0 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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