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H3271 • 2025

An Act relative to preserving information content of historic resources with community preservation funds

An Act relative to preserving information content of historic resources with community preservation funds

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Sponsor
David T. Vieira
Last action
2026-03-09
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading
Effective date
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An Act relative to preserving information content of historic resources with community preservation funds

An Act relative to preserving information content of historic resources with community preservation funds By Representative Vieira of Falmouth, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to preserving information content of historic resources with community preservation funds By Representative Vieira of Falmouth, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 3271) of David T.
  • Vieira relative to preserving information content of historic resources with community preservation funds.
  • Revenue.

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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. 2026-03-09 House

    Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting

  2. 2026-03-09 House

    Rules suspended

  3. 2026-03-09 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  4. 2026-02-11 House

    Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

  5. 2025-10-28 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 11/07/2025 from 10:00 AM-02:00 PM in Gardner Auditorium

  6. 2025-07-14 Joint

    Hearing canceled – new hearing TBD

  7. 2025-07-11 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 07/22/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2

  8. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Revenue

  9. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to preserving information content of historic resources with community preservation funds
By Representative Vieira of Falmouth, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3271) of David T. Vieira relative to preserving information content of historic resources with community preservation funds. Revenue.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.3271

Chapter 44b of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting in section 2 after “destruction” in the definition of “Preservation”, the following:- ; and digitization of documents considered historic resources which preserve the information content of the historic resource.

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