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S2202 • 2025

An Act relative to commonwealth building projects

An Act relative to commonwealth building projects

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Sponsor
Jacob R. Oliveira
Last action
2026-02-09
Official status
Referred to Senate Committee on Ways and Means
Effective date
Not listed

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An Act relative to commonwealth building projects

An Act relative to commonwealth building projects By Mr.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to commonwealth building projects By Mr.
  • Oliveira, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No.
  • 2202) of Jacob R.
  • Oliveira for legislation to further regulate public building projects.

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  • 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. 2026-02-09 Senate

    Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

  2. 2025-12-24 Senate

    Reporting date extended to Saturday January 31, 2026

  3. 2025-10-08 Joint

    Hearing rescheduled to 10/08/2025 from 01:00 PM-01:55 PM in 222 and Virtual Hearing updated to New End Time

  4. 2025-09-25 Joint

    Hearing rescheduled to 10/08/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in 222 and Virtual Hearing location changed

  5. 2025-09-24 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 10/01/2025 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-1

  6. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Referred to the committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight

  7. 2025-02-27 House

    House concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to commonwealth building projects
By Mr. Oliveira, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2202) of Jacob R. Oliveira for legislation to further regulate public building projects. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.
Status:
Referred to Senate Committee on Ways and Means

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Bill S.2202

Section 5 of chapter 7C of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out the first paragraph and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph:-

Section 5. The commissioner shall, in a manner and to the extent provided by this chapter, control and supervise any building project to be undertaken by a state agency or building authority when the estimated cost of the project exceeds $1,000,000 and involves structural or mechanical work. The commissioner may, upon request of a state agency or building authority, delegate project control and supervision to that state agency or building authority over projects involving structural or mechanical work whose estimated cost is less than $10,000,000 if the commissioner determines that the agency or authority has the ability to control and supervise such project. Except as otherwise provided in this section, any state agency or building authority shall control and supervise its own building projects when the estimated cost of such project is less than $1,000,000, or if the project does not involve structural or mechanical work. As used in this section, ''estimated cost'' shall mean the estimated construction cost stated in a study or program prepared in accordance with section 59.

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