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H5140 • 2025

An Act creating parity among Massachusetts beaches

An Act creating parity among Massachusetts beaches

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Sponsor
Kenneth P. Sweezey
Last action
2026-04-16
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 creating parity among Massachusetts beaches

An Act creating parity among Massachusetts beaches By Representative Sweezey of Duxbury, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Kenneth P.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act creating parity among Massachusetts beaches By Representative Sweezey of Duxbury, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Kenneth P.
  • Sweezey relative to the Massachusetts Habitat Conservation Plan.
  • Environment and Natural Resources.
  • 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. 2026-04-16 House

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

  2. 2026-04-16 House

    Rules suspended

  3. 2026-04-16 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  4. 2026-03-19 House

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

  5. 2026-03-04 Joint

    Hearing rescheduled to 03/04/2026 from 10:00 AM-11:15 AM in 222 and Virtual Hearing updated to New End Time

  6. 2026-02-24 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 03/04/2026 from 10:00 AM-12:00 PM in 222

  7. 2026-02-19 Senate

    Senate concurred

  8. 2026-02-09 House

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

  9. 2025-11-03 House

    Referred to the committee on House Rules

Official Summary Text

An Act creating parity among Massachusetts beaches
By Representative Sweezey of Duxbury, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Kenneth P. Sweezey relative to the Massachusetts Habitat Conservation Plan. Environment and Natural Resources.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

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Bill H.5140

Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife shall not prohibit or exclude any beach management program from utilizing all legally authorized shorebird nesting mitigation tools available under the Massachusetts Habitat Conservation Plan.

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