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S2577 • 2025

An Act relative to parking fines in the town of Scituate

An Act relative to parking fines in the town of Scituate

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Sponsor
O'Connor, Patrick M.
Last action
2026-07-13
Official status
Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act relative to parking fines in the town of Scituate

An Act relative to parking fines in the town of Scituate By Mr.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to parking fines in the town of Scituate By Mr.
  • O'Connor and Mr.
  • Kearney of Scituate a joint petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No.
  • 2577) of Patrick M.

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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. 2026-07-13 House

    Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed

  2. 2026-06-22 House

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

  3. 2026-06-22 House

    Rules suspended

  4. 2026-06-22 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  5. 2026-06-03 House

    Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

  6. 2026-06-01 Senate

    Taken out of the Orders of the Day

  7. 2026-06-01 Senate

    Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed

  8. 2025-11-13 Senate

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  9. 2025-10-27 Senate

    Bill reported favorably by committee and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session

  10. 2025-09-04 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 09/04/2025 from 03:10 PM-01:30 PM in Written Testimony Only

  11. 2025-08-04 House

    House concurred

  12. 2025-07-31 Senate

    Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to parking fines in the town of Scituate
By Mr. O'Connor and Mr. Kearney of Scituate a joint petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2577) of Patrick M. O'Connor (by vote of the town) relative to parking fines in the town of Scituate. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]

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Bill S.2577

SECTION 1. Chapter 385 of the acts of 1991 is hereby amended by the text “not exceed fifty dollars” and replacing the same with the following:- “not exceed one hundred and fifty dollars”.

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

Provided that the General Court may reasonably vary the form and substance of the requested legislation with the scope of the general public objectives of this petition; or take any other action relative thereto.

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