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| Date | Branch | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 7/1/2026 | House | New draft substituted, see H5553↗ |
| 7/1/2026 | House | Read second, amended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means) |
| 7/1/2026 | House | Rules suspended |
| 7/1/2026 | House | Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading with the amendment pending |
| 7/1/2026 | House | Referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling with the amendment pending |
| 7/1/2026 | House | Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting therefor a bill with the same title, see H5553↗ |
| 3/5/2026 | House | Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means |
| 3/5/2026 | House | New draft of H5047↗ |
| 3/5/2026 | House | Reported from the committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight |
| Committee | Recommendation | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| J25 | Redraft | 1 entries |
| H34 | Favorable with Amendment | 1 entries |
| Bill | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| H3324 | An Act authorizing the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance to dispose of certain parcels of land in the city of Brockton | Active |
| H3346 | An Act authorizing the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance to dispose of certain parcels of land in the town of Bolton | Active |
| H3413 | An Act authorizing the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance to convey Lampson Brook Farm in Belchertown to the Nipmuc People and the Historic Jepson Farmstead Parcel to the New England Small Farm Institute | Active |
| H3418 | An Act authorizing the division of capital asset management and maintenance to convey certain parcels of land to the city of Framingham | Active |
| H4183 | An Act authorizing the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance to grant easements in certain parcels of land to the city of Lowell | Active |
| H4296 | An Act authorizing the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance to dispose of certain parcels of land in the city of Brockton | Active |
| H4368 | An Act authorizing the division of capital asset management and maintenance to release a certain sewer line easement in the West Roxbury section of the city of Boston | Active |
| H4768 | An Act authorizing the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance to convey certain parcels of land in the city of Brockton | Active |
| H4772 | An Act authorizing the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance to grant easements in certain parcels of land to the city of Lowell. | Active |
| H5047 | An Act authorizing the division of capital asset management and maintenance to take by eminent domain certain land in the town of Norwood | Active |
| H5304 | An Act authorizing the division of capital asset management and maintenance to release a certain sewer line easement in the West Roxbury section of the city of Boston | Active |
| H5440 | An Act authorizing the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance to convey certain parcels of land to the town of Bolton, the town of Lancaster or a municipal utility serving the town of Bolton or the town of Lancaster | Active |
| H5553 | An Act authorizing the division of capital asset management and maintenance to take by eminent domain certain land in the town of Norwood | Active |
| S2111 | An Act authorizing the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance to convey an easement across certain property in the Dorchester section of the city of Boston to the Boston Gas Company | Active |
| S2922 | An Act authorizing the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance to grant easements to NSTAR electric company d/b/a Eversource Energy in return for NSTAR releasing or modifying easements for the benefit of the Commonwealth | Active |
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Notwithstanding section 2 of chapter 79 of the General Laws and any other general or special law to the contrary, the division of capital asset management and maintenance shall, for the purpose of ensuring access to health care for the public, take by eminent domain, pursuant to said chapter 79: (1) a certain parcel of land, commonly known as Norwood hospital, owned by MPT of Norwood-Steward, LLC located at 800 Washington street in the town of Norwood identified on the town of Norwood assessor’s map as map 2, lot 6-1 and being one of the parcels described in a deed recorded with the Norfolk county registry of deeds in book 36099, page 419; and (2) any adjacent parcels of land owned by MPT of Norwood-Steward, LLC as necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. Upon the completion of such taking, the division shall transfer control of the parcels of land so taken to the department of public health for disposition to a qualified nonprofit hospital operator in order to effectuate said purpose of ensuring access to health care for the public.
Notwithstanding section 2 of chapter 79 of the General Laws and any other general or special law to the contrary, the division of capital asset management and maintenance shall, for the purpose of ensuring access to health care for the public, take by eminent domain, pursuant to said chapter 79: (1) a certain parcel of land, commonly known as Norwood hospital, owned by MPT of Norwood-Steward, LLC located at 800 Washington street in the town of Norwood identified on the town of Norwood assessor’s map as map 2, lot 6-1 and being one of the parcels described in a deed recorded with the Norfolk county registry of deeds in book 36099, page 419; and (2) any adjacent parcels of land owned by MPT of Norwood-Steward, LLC as necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. Upon the completion of such taking, the division shall transfer control of the parcels of land so taken to the department of public health for disposition to a qualified nonprofit hospital operator in order to effectuate said purpose of ensuring access to health care for the public.