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H3711 • 2025

An Act designating Marshfield the home of Senator Daniel Webster and Governor Edward Winslow

An Act designating Marshfield the home of Senator Daniel Webster and Governor Edward Winslow

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Sponsor
Patrick Joseph Kearney
Last action
2026-02-26
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading
Effective date
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Plain English Breakdown

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An Act designating Marshfield the home of Senator Daniel Webster and Governor Edward Winslow

An Act designating Marshfield the home of Senator Daniel Webster and Governor Edward Winslow By Representative Kearney of Scituate, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act designating Marshfield the home of Senator Daniel Webster and Governor Edward Winslow By Representative Kearney of Scituate, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 3711) of Patrick Joseph Kearney for legislation to erect a marker on Route 3 designating Marshfield as the home of Senator Daniel Webster and Governor Edward Winslow.
  • Transportation.
  • Status: Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

Limits and Unknowns

  • 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. 2026-02-26 House

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

  2. 2026-02-26 House

    Rules suspended

  3. 2026-02-26 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  4. 2026-01-27 House

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

  5. 2025-10-24 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 11/04/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2

  6. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Transportation

  7. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act designating Marshfield the home of Senator Daniel Webster and Governor Edward Winslow
By Representative Kearney of Scituate, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3711) of Patrick Joseph Kearney for legislation to erect a marker on Route 3 designating Marshfield as the home of Senator Daniel Webster and Governor Edward Winslow. Transportation.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.3711

SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the highway division of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation shall shall erect and maintain a suitable marker on Route 3N and Route 3S designating the Town of Marshfield as the home of Senator Daniel Webster and Governor Edward Winslow. Said marker shall be in compliance with the standards of said department.

SECTION 2. Whereas, the deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public convenience.

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