An Act to allow the town of Hingham to use municipal property as the location for a center for active living
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| Date | Branch | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2/6/2026 | Executive | Signed by the Governor, Chapter 16 of the Acts of 2026 |
| 1/29/2026 | Senate | Laid before the Governor |
| 1/29/2026 | Senate | Enacted -see Roll Call #132 (Yeas 37 to Nays 0) |
| 1/28/2026 | House | Enacted - 154 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 119) |
| 12/18/2025 | Senate | Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed |
| 12/18/2025 | Senate | Taken out of the Orders of the Day |
| 11/19/2025 | Senate | Read second and ordered to a third reading |
| 11/6/2025 | Senate | Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session |
| 11/5/2025 | House | Read third and passed to be engrossed |
| 10/14/2025 | House | Read second and ordered to a third reading |
| 10/14/2025 | House | Rules suspended |
| 10/14/2025 | House | Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading |
| 9/8/2025 | House | Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling |
| 8/14/2025 | Joint | Hearing scheduled for 08/14/2025 from 10:00 AM-5:00 PM in Written Testimony Only |
| 7/24/2025 | Senate | Senate concurred |
| 7/23/2025 | House | Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government |
No additional cosponsors.
| Committee | Recommendation | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| J10 | Favorable | 1 entries |
| H52 | Place in OD | — |
| H36 | Correctly Drawn | — |
| S31 | Correctly Drawn | — |
Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the town of Hingham may change the use of approximately 5.387 acres of land located on a portion of the parcel shown as Assessor’s Map 77, Lot 1, off Bare Cove Park drive in the town of Hingham, as more particularly shown on that certain plan entitled “Plan showing the Delineated Limit of Development, Center for Active Living, Bare Cove Park Drive, Hingham, MA”, dated March 14, 2025, prepared by CHA Consulting, Inc., a copy of which is on file with the town clerk, and described in a deed recorded with the Plymouth county registry of deeds in book 3917, page 327, which land is under the care, custody, management and control of the select board for use as passive and active recreation, to a new use as the location for the town of Hingham Center for Active Living and uses associated therewith.
As replacement for the land identified in section 1, the town shall transfer the care, custody, management and control of approximately 6.847 acres of land shown as “AREA TO BE COMBINED WITH “CONSERVATION” LOT” on the plan entitled “Approval Not Required Plan of Land, 200 High Street, Hingham, MA 02043”, dated April 15, 2025, prepared by CHA Consulting, Inc., a copy of which is on file with the town clerk, and described in a deed recorded with the Plymouth county registry of deeds in book 3354, page 260 , from the school committee to the conservation commission, to be held for conservation purposes under Article 97 of the Articles of Amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
This act shall take effect upon its passage.
SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the town of Hingham may change the use of approximately 5.387 acres of land located on a portion of the parcel shown as Assessor’s Map 77, Lot 1, off Bare Cove Park drive in the town of Hingham, as more particularly shown on that certain plan entitled “Plan showing the Delineated Limit of Development, Center for Active Living, Bare Cove Park Drive, Hingham, MA”, dated March 14, 2025, prepared by CHA Consulting, Inc., a copy of which is on file with the town clerk, and described in a deed recorded with the Plymouth county registry of deeds in book 3917, page 327, which land is under the care, custody, management and control of the select board for use as passive and active recreation, to a new use as the location for the town of Hingham Center for Active Living and uses associated therewith. SECTION 2. As replacement for the land identified in section 1, the town shall transfer the care, custody, management and control of approximately 6.847 acres of land shown as “AREA TO BE COMBINED WITH “CONSERVATION” LOT” on the plan entitled “Approval Not Required Plan of Land, 200 High Street, Hingham, MA 02043”, dated April 15, 2025, prepared by CHA Consulting, Inc., a copy of which is on file with the town clerk, and described in a deed recorded with the Plymouth county registry of deeds in book 3354, page 260 , from the school committee to the conservation commission, to be held for conservation purposes under Article 97 of the Articles of Amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.