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H3656 • 2025

An Act to assure safety, efficiency and accountability in transportation projects through public inspections

An Act to assure safety, efficiency and accountability in transportation projects through public inspections

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Sponsor
Daniel M. Donahue
Last action
2026-01-07
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to assure safety, efficiency and accountability in transportation projects through public inspections

An Act to assure safety, efficiency and accountability in transportation projects through public inspections By Representative Donahue of Worcester, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to assure safety, efficiency and accountability in transportation projects through public inspections By Representative Donahue of Worcester, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 3656) of Daniel M.
  • Donahue relative to public inspections of transportation projects.
  • Transportation.

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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. 2026-01-07 House

    Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

  2. 2025-09-30 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 10/14/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1

  3. 2025-09-30 Joint

    Hearing rescheduled to 10/14/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1 and Virtual Hearing location changed

  4. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Transportation

  5. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act to assure safety, efficiency and accountability in transportation projects through public inspections
By Representative Donahue of Worcester, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3656) of Daniel M. Donahue relative to public inspections of transportation projects. Transportation.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.3656

Chapter 6C of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following section:-

Section 78. Public Inspections

(a) For purposes of this section, the following words shall have the following definitions:

“inspection functions” shall mean construction inspections, bridge inspections, contract administration, quality control inspection, material testing, and resident engineer functions;

“public employee” shall mean an employee of a federal, state or local government

(b) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, public employees shall carry out the inspection functions for all surface transportation projects receiving State or Federal funding

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