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H924 • 2025

An Act relative to the Great Barrington Fire District

An Act relative to the Great Barrington Fire District

Enacted

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

Sponsor
Leigh Davis
Last action
2026-02-11
Official status
Signed by the Governor, Chapter 19 of the Acts of 2026
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act relative to the Great Barrington Fire District

An Act relative to the Great Barrington Fire District By Representative Davis of Great Barrington, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to the Great Barrington Fire District By Representative Davis of Great Barrington, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 924) of Leigh Davis for legislation to authorize the Great Barrington Fire District to supply the inhabitants of the town of Great Barrington with water for domestic and other purposes.
  • 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. 2026-02-11 Executive

    Signed by the Governor, Chapter 19 of the Acts of 2026

  2. 2026-02-02 House

    Enacted

  3. 2026-02-02 Senate

    Enacted and laid before the Governor

  4. 2026-01-29 Senate

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

  5. 2026-01-29 Senate

    Rules suspended

  6. 2026-01-29 Senate

    Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed

  7. 2025-12-08 Senate

    Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Rules

  8. 2025-12-04 House

    Read third and passed to be engrossed

  9. 2025-11-06 House

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

  10. 2025-11-06 House

    Rules suspended

  11. 2025-11-06 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  12. 2025-10-09 House

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

  13. 2025-06-23 Joint

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

  14. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Environment and Natural Resources

  15. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to the Great Barrington Fire District
By Representative Davis of Great Barrington, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 924) of Leigh Davis for legislation to authorize the Great Barrington Fire District to supply the inhabitants of the town of Great Barrington with water for domestic and other purposes. Environment and Natural Resources.

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.924

SECTION 1. Chapter 335 of the acts of 1905 is hereby amended by striking out section 4 and inserting in place thereof the following section:-

Section 4. The Great Barrington Fire District may supply any of the inhabitants of the town of Great Barrington with water for domestic and other purposes, upon such terms as the fire district may determine.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

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