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H4603 • 2025

An Act permitting the city of Revere to establish penalties and liens for noise ordinance violations

An Act permitting the city of Revere to establish penalties and liens for noise ordinance violations

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Sponsor
Jessica Ann Giannino
Last action
2026-01-29
Official status
Referred to Senate Committee on Bills in the Third Reading
Effective date
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An Act permitting the city of Revere to establish penalties and liens for noise ordinance violations

An Act permitting the city of Revere to establish penalties and liens for noise ordinance violations By Representative Giannino of Revere, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act permitting the city of Revere to establish penalties and liens for noise ordinance violations By Representative Giannino of Revere, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 4603) of Jessica Ann Giannino and Lydia Edwards (with the approval of the mayor and city council) that the city of Revere be authorized to establish penalties and liens for noise ordinance violations.
  • Municipalities and Regional Government.
  • [Local Approval Received.] Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-29 Senate

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  2. 2025-12-15 Senate

    Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session

  3. 2025-12-11 House

    Read third and passed to be engrossed

  4. 2025-11-20 House

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

  5. 2025-11-20 House

    Rules suspended

  6. 2025-11-20 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  7. 2025-11-13 House

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

  8. 2025-10-31 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 10/31/2025 from 11:00 AM-02:00 PM in Written Testimony Only

  9. 2025-10-16 Senate

    Senate concurred

  10. 2025-10-14 House

    Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government

Official Summary Text

An Act permitting the city of Revere to establish penalties and liens for noise ordinance violations
By Representative Giannino of Revere, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4603) of Jessica Ann Giannino and Lydia Edwards (with the approval of the mayor and city council) that the city of Revere be authorized to establish penalties and liens for noise ordinance violations. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]
Status:
Referred to Senate Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.4603

SECTION 1. The city of Revere may: (i) issue citations; (ii) establish appeal and hearing processes for the citations; (iii) file real estate liens to collect unpaid fines, penalties or assessments from the citations; and (iv) avail itself of any and all relevant enforcement or procedural provisions provided in chapter 40U of the General Laws for violations of the noise ordinance of the city.

SECTION 2. This act shall apply only to those violations that are separate and distinct from violations of the health, sanitary, housing, fire, building, plumbing or electrical code of the city of Revere or the commonwealth.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

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