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H1651 • 2025

An Act requiring the relocation of the Cambridge District Court

An Act requiring the relocation of the Cambridge District Court

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Sponsor
Marjorie C. Decker
Last action
2026-02-09
Official status
Accompanied a new draft, see H5057
Effective date
Not listed

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An Act requiring the relocation of the Cambridge District Court

An Act requiring the relocation of the Cambridge District Court By Representative Decker of Cambridge, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act requiring the relocation of the Cambridge District Court By Representative Decker of Cambridge, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 1651) of Marjorie C.
  • Decker, Mike Connolly and Patricia D.
  • Jehlen that the executive office of the Trial Court relocate the Cambridge district court from the city of Medford to the city of Cambridge.

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  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-09 House

    Accompanied a new draft, see H5057

  2. 2025-11-04 Joint

    Hearing rescheduled to 11/04/2025 from 01:00 PM-02:30 PM in A-1 and Virtual Hearing updated to New End Time

  3. 2025-11-04 Joint

    Hearing rescheduled to 11/04/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1 and Virtual Hearing updated to New End Time

  4. 2025-10-29 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 11/04/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1

  5. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on The Judiciary

  6. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act requiring the relocation of the Cambridge District Court
By Representative Decker of Cambridge, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1651) of Marjorie C. Decker, Mike Connolly and Patricia D. Jehlen that the executive office of the Trial Court relocate the Cambridge district court from the city of Medford to the city of Cambridge. The Judiciary.

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Bill H.1651

SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the court administrator of the executive office of the trial court shall, not later than December 31, 2025, relocate the Cambridge district court, also known as the third district court of eastern Middlesex, from the city of Medford, where it has been located since 2009 in contravention of section 1 of chapter 218, to the city of Cambridge.

SECTION 2. Within 90 days of the effective date of this act, the executive office of the trial court shall issue a report on the timeline for relocating the Cambridge district court.

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