H3334 • 2025

An Act relative to timely public payments for work not included in original construction contracts

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Sponsor: William C. Galvin
Last action: 2025-12-11
Official status: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means
Effective date: Not listed

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An Act relative to timely public payments for work not included in original construction contracts

An Act relative to timely public payments for work not included in original construction contracts By Representative Galvin of Canton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

An Act relative to timely public payments for work not included in original construction contracts By Representative Galvin of Canton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
3334) of William C.
Galvin relative to timely payments for work not included in public construction contracts.
State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.

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Bill History

2025-12-11 House
Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
2025-10-08 Joint
Hearing rescheduled to 10/08/2025 from 01:00 PM-01:55 PM in 222 and Virtual Hearing updated to New End Time
2025-09-25 Joint
Hearing rescheduled to 10/08/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in 222 and Virtual Hearing location changed
2025-09-24 Joint
Hearing scheduled for 10/01/2025 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-1
2025-02-27 House
Referred to the committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight
2025-02-27 Senate
Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to timely public payments for work not included in original construction contracts
By Representative Galvin of Canton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3334) of William C. Galvin relative to timely payments for work not included in public construction contracts. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means

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Bill H.3334

SECTION 1. Section 39G of chapter 30 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the eighth paragraph the following paragraph:

Every contract subject to section 44A of chapter 149 or subject to section 39M of chapter 30 or subject to chapter 149A, and every subcontract or trade contract as applicable, shall provide a reasonable time period within which a written request submitted by a person seeking an increase in the contract price shall be approved or rejected, whether in whole or in part. The time period shall not exceed 30 days after the later of commencement of the performance of the work on which the request is based or submission of the written request; provided, however, that the time period, as applicable to approval or rejection by the person at each tier of contract below the owner of the project, may be extended by 7 days more than the time period applicable to the person at the tier of contract above the person. A request which is neither approved nor rejected within such time period shall be deemed to be approved and may be submitted for payment within the next application for a periodic progress payment, unless it is rejected before the date payment if due. A rejection of a request, whether in whole or in part, shall be made in writing, shall include an explanation of the factual and contractual basis for the rejection and shall be certified as made in good faith. A rejection of a request shall be subject to the applicable dispute resolution procedure. A provision in the contract which requires a party to delay commencement of the procedure until a date later than 60 days after the rejection shall be void and unenforceable.

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