H 4772 Massachusetts House · 194th Legislature (2025-2026)

An Act authorizing the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance to grant easements in certain parcels of land to the city of Lowell.

This bill allows the Commonwealth to grant permanent easements over three specific parcels (about 6,750 sq ft total) along the Merrimack River in Lowell to the city. The easements authorize Lowell to build, maintain, and repair outfall structures and drains for stormwater management. In exchange, the city must compensate the state through property improvements (valued at fair market rate) to nearby conservation land, not cash. The easements revert to the Commonwealth if Lowell stops using them for their intended purpose, and all transactions require independent appraisals and state committee review.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2025
Committee Review
Nov 2025
House Passage
Nov 2025
Senate Passage
Nov 2025
Signed into Law
Nov 2025
Introduced Nov 19, 2025 Signed Nov 24, 2025
Floor votes · House Nov 19, 2025

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
12
Key actions
7
Committee
1
Nov 24, 2025
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor, Chapter 70 of the Acts of 2025
executive
Nov 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
Enacted -see Roll Call #114 (Yeas 37 to Nays 0)
upper
Nov 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Enacted - 153 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 116 )
lower
Nov 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Emergency preamble adopted
lower
Nov 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read, rules suspended, read second, ordered to a third reading, read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed
upper
Nov 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third and passed to be engrossed
lower
Nov 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from the committee on House Ways and Means
lower
0 primary · 2 co-sponsors

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