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H5031 • 2025

An Act relative to housing court jurisdiction

An Act relative to housing court jurisdiction

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Sponsor
Judiciary (J)
Last action
2026-03-02
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act relative to housing court jurisdiction

An Act relative to housing court jurisdiction Status: Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to housing court jurisdiction Status: Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-02 House

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

  2. 2026-03-02 House

    Rules suspended

  3. 2026-03-02 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  4. 2026-02-02 House

    Reported from the committee on The Judiciary

  5. 2026-02-02 House

    New draft of H1941

  6. 2026-02-02 House

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

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to housing court jurisdiction
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.5031

SECTION 1. Section 3 of chapter 185C of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2024 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 4 through 9, inclusive, the words “arising in the city of Boston in the case of that division, in the counties of Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden and Hampshire in the case of the western division and within the cities and towns included in the Worcester county division, northeastern division and southeastern division, in the case of those divisions,”.

SECTION 2. Said section 3 of said chapter 185C is hereby further amended by striking out, in lines 34 through 38, inclusive, the words “the city of Boston, in the case of that division, Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden and Hampshire counties, in the case of the western division and within the cities and towns included in the Worcester county division, northeastern division and southeastern division, in the case of”.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon passage.

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