H4843 • 2025

An Act providing for the exchange of certain park land in the town of Lexington

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Sponsor: Michelle L. Ciccolo
Last action: 2026-04-30
Official status: Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
Effective date: Not listed

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An Act providing for the exchange of certain park land in the town of Lexington

An Act providing for the exchange of certain park land in the town of Lexington By Representative Ciccolo of Lexington, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

An Act providing for the exchange of certain park land in the town of Lexington By Representative Ciccolo of Lexington, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
4843) of Michelle L.
Ciccolo and Cindy F.
Friedman (by vote of the town) relative to the exchange of certain park land in the town of Lexington from the select board to the school committee.

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Bill History

2026-04-30 Senate
Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2026-04-27 House
Read third and passed to be engrossed
2026-03-23 House
Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2026-03-23 House
Rules suspended
2026-03-23 House
Read second and ordered to a third reading
2026-03-12 House
Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2026-03-03 Joint
Hearing rescheduled to 03/03/2026 from 01:00 PM-01:30 PM in 222 and Virtual Hearing updated to New End Time
2026-02-12 Joint
Hearing scheduled for 03/03/2026 from 01:00 PM-03:00 PM in 222
2025-12-18 Senate
Senate concurred
2025-12-15 House
Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government

Official Summary Text

An Act providing for the exchange of certain park land in the town of Lexington
By Representative Ciccolo of Lexington, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4843) of Michelle L. Ciccolo and Cindy F. Friedman (by vote of the town) relative to the exchange of certain park land in the town of Lexington from the select board to the school committee. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]

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Bill H.4843

SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the select board of the town of Lexington may, pursuant to a vote of the Lexington special town meeting on November 3, 2025 and the requirements of section 15A of chapter 40 of the General Laws, section 5A of chapter 3 of the General Laws, and Chapter 114 of the Acts of 1961, transfer the care, custody and control of certain parcels of land currently under the care and control of the select board of the town of Lexington for athletic fields to the school committee of the town of Lexington for school purposes. The parcels of land that may be transferred under this section comprise approximately eight acres, and are more particularly described in whole or in part in two deeds recorded with the Middlesex south registry of deeds as Book 3953, Page 561 and Book 3981, Page 109

SECTION 2. As a condition of any disposition of land pursuant to section 1, and to ensure no net loss of land subject to Article 97 of the amendments to the constitution of the Commonwealth and said section 5A of chapter 3 of the General Laws, the town of Lexington shall transfer the care, custody, management and control of parcels of land currently containing the Lexington High School buildings as shown entitled “Figure G” dated October 3, 2025 presented to the Lexington Town Meeting on November 3, 2025 from the school committee of the town of Lexington to the select board of the town of Lexington for the siting of the new Lexington High School athletic field, public park, open space and recreational purposes.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage

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