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S564 • 2025

An Act designating a certain promenade in the town of Clinton as the Honorable Harold P. Naughton, Jr. Promenade

An Act designating a certain promenade in the town of Clinton as the Honorable Harold P. Naughton, Jr. Promenade

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Sponsor
John J. Cronin
Last action
2026-07-13
Official status
Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

An Act designating a certain promenade in the town of Clinton as the Honorable Harold P. Naughton, Jr. Promenade

An Act designating a certain promenade in the town of Clinton as the Honorable Harold P.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act designating a certain promenade in the town of Clinton as the Honorable Harold P.
  • Naughton, Jr.
  • Promenade By Mr.
  • Cronin, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No.

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. 2026-07-13 Senate

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

  2. 2026-07-13 Senate

    Rules suspended

  3. 2026-07-13 Senate

    Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed

  4. 2025-08-11 Senate

    Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Rules

  5. 2025-04-01 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 04/08/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1

  6. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Referred to the committee on Environment and Natural Resources

  7. 2025-02-27 House

    House concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act designating a certain promenade in the town of Clinton as the Honorable Harold P. Naughton, Jr. Promenade
By Mr. Cronin, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 564) of John J. Cronin for legislation to designate a certain promenade in the town of Clinton as the Honorable Harold P. Naughton, Jr. Promenade. Environment and Natural Resources.

Current Bill Text

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Bill S.564

SECTION 1. The Wachusett Dam Promenade located in the town of Clinton shall be designated and known as the Honorable Harold P. Naughton, Jr. Promenade in recognition of the Honorable Harold Naughton, Jr., Lieutenant Colonel in the Army National Guard and a Veteran of both the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars. The Honorable Harold Naughton served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1995 to 2021, before serving as Associate Justice of the Massachusetts District Court.

SECTION 2. The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation shall erect and maintain suitable markers bearing the designation in compliance with the standards of the department.

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