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H4259 • 2025

An Act designating the Weider Park tennis courts as the Kim O'Connell tennis courts

An Act designating the Weider Park tennis courts as the Kim O'Connell tennis courts

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Rob Consalvo
Last action
2026-04-29
Official status
Signed by the Governor, Chapter 70 of the Acts of 2026
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act designating the Weider Park tennis courts as the Kim O'Connell tennis courts

An Act designating the Weider Park tennis courts as the Kim O'Connell tennis courts By Representative Consalvo of Boston, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Rob Consalvo that the Department of Conservation and Recreation be authorized to designate the tennis courts located in Weider Park in the Roslindale section of the city of Boston as the Kim O’Connell tennis courts.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act designating the Weider Park tennis courts as the Kim O'Connell tennis courts By Representative Consalvo of Boston, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Rob Consalvo that the Department of Conservation and Recreation be authorized to designate the tennis courts located in Weider Park in the Roslindale section of the city of Boston as the Kim O’Connell tennis courts.
  • Environment and Natural Resources.

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. 2026-04-29 Executive

    Signed by the Governor, Chapter 70 of the Acts of 2026

  2. 2026-04-21 House

    Emergency preamble adopted

  3. 2026-04-21 Senate

    Emergency preamble adopted

  4. 2026-04-21 House

    Enacted

  5. 2026-04-21 Senate

    Enacted and laid before the Governor

  6. 2026-04-16 House

    House concurred in the Senate amendment

  7. 2026-04-13 House

    Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading

  8. 2026-04-09 Senate

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

  9. 2026-04-09 Senate

    Rules suspended

  10. 2026-04-09 Senate

    Read second, amended, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed

  11. 2025-11-10 Senate

    Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Rules

  12. 2025-11-06 House

    Read third and passed to be engrossed

  13. 2025-10-27 House

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

  14. 2025-10-27 House

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

  15. 2025-10-27 House

    Rules suspended

  16. 2025-10-27 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  17. 2025-10-07 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 10/07/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1

  18. 2025-09-26 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 10/07/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1

  19. 2025-07-31 Senate

    Senate concurred

  20. 2025-07-17 House

    Reported, referred to the committee on Joint Rules, reported, rules suspended and referred to the committee on Environment and Natural Resources

  21. 2025-05-22 House

    Referred to the committee on House Rules

Official Summary Text

An Act designating the Weider Park tennis courts as the Kim O'Connell tennis courts
By Representative Consalvo of Boston, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Rob Consalvo that the Department of Conservation and Recreation be authorized to designate the tennis courts located in Weider Park in the Roslindale section of the city of Boston as the Kim O’Connell tennis courts. Environment and Natural Resources.

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.4259

SECTION 1. The tennis courts located in Weider Park managed by the department of conservation and recreation located in the Roslindale section of the city of Boston at the corner of Dale Street and Sherrin Street shall be formally known as the Kim O’Connell Tennis Courts named after Kim O’Connell for her many years of dedicated service to her neighborhood.

SECTION 2. The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation shall erect and maintain suitable markers bearing the designation in compliance with the standards of the department.

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