2021-2022 Regular Session • Massachusetts Legislature
H851: Preserving open space in the Commonwealth
Legislative Summary
Relative to preserving open space in the Commonwealth. Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture.
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Bill History
3/29/2021
Referred to the Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture
House of Representatives
3/29/2021
Senate concurred
Senate
5/11/2021
Hearing scheduled for 05/18/2021 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in Virtual Hearing
Joint Conference
6/9/2021
Accompanied by S524 and H974
House of Representatives
6/9/2021
Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
House of Representatives
7/28/2021
Committee recommended ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
House of Representatives
7/28/2021
Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
House of Representatives
7/28/2021
Rules suspended
House of Representatives
7/28/2021
Read second, ordered to a third reading, rules suspended, read third and passed to be engrossed
House of Representatives
8/5/2021
Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
Senate
4/7/2022
Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, inserting in place there of the text of S2820
Senate
4/7/2022
Order relative to subject matter adopted
Senate
4/7/2022
Placed in the Orders of the Day for Thursday, April 14, 2022
Senate
4/14/2022
Read second
Senate
4/14/2022
Amended by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S2820
Senate
4/14/2022
Ordered to a third reading
Senate
4/14/2022
Read third
Senate
4/14/2022
Reprinted as amended, see S2831
Senate
4/14/2022
Passed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #149 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)
Senate
4/19/2022
Referred to the House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading
House of Representatives
7/7/2022
Rules suspended
House of Representatives
7/7/2022
House NON-concurred in the Senate amendment
House of Representatives
7/7/2022
Committee of conference appointed (Balser-O'Day-Gifford)
House of Representatives
7/11/2022
Committee of conference appointed (DiDomenico-Eldridge-Tarr), in concurrence
Senate
11/10/2022
Reported by H5381
House of Representatives
Roll Call Votes
Senate Engrossed Roll Call #149
4/14/2022
39
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Status Information
Current Status
Engrossed(7/28/2021)
Chamber
Senate
Sponsors
Democrat: 60
Republican: 3
Primary Sponsor
Ruth Balser
Democrat
Co-Sponsors (62)
James Eldridge
Democrat
Jack Lewis
Democrat
Tami Gouveia
Democrat
Alice Peisch
Democrat
Danillo Sena
Democrat
Tommy Vitolo
Democrat
Natalie Blais
Democrat
Thomas Stanley
Democrat
Brian Murray
Democrat
Tram Nguyen
Democrat
Lindsay Sabadosa
Democrat
Jay Livingstone
Democrat
Paul Donato
Democrat
Steven Ultrino
Democrat
Christina Minicucci
Democrat
Kay Khan
Democrat
Angelo Puppolo
Democrat
Carmine Gentile
Democrat
Adrian Madaro
Democrat
Christine Barber
Democrat
Steven Owens
Democrat
Carolyn Dykema
Democrat
Kenneth Gordon
Democrat
Brendan Crighton
Democrat
Brian Ashe
Democrat
David Robertson
Democrat
James Hawkins
Democrat
Jessica Giannino
Democrat
John Barrett
Democrat
Jason Lewis
Democrat
Sean Garballey
Democrat
John Lawn
Democrat
Leonard Mirra
Republican
William Pignatelli
Democrat
Michelle Ciccolo
Democrat
Richard Haggerty
Democrat
Danielle Gregoire
Democrat
Dylan Fernandes
Democrat
Rob Consalvo
Democrat
Paul McMurtry
Democrat
Edward Coppinger
Democrat
James O'Day
Democrat
Michael Day
Democrat
Kate Lipper-Garabedian
Democrat
Natalie Higgins
Democrat
David Rogers
Democrat
Mary Keefe
Democrat
Ted Philips
Democrat
Bruce Ayers
Democrat
Patrick O'Connor
Republican
Erika Uyterhoeven
Democrat
Adam Scanlon
Democrat
Joanne Comerford
Democrat
Michael Brady
Democrat
Bruce Tarr
Republican
Tackey Chan
Democrat
Walter Timilty
Democrat
Vanna Howard
Democrat
Nika Elugardo
Democrat
Marc Pacheco
Democrat
Paul Tucker
Democrat
Michael Kushmerek
Democrat