Massachusetts legislation · 194th General Court
Massachusetts H3790: An Act designating a certain intersection in the town of Pembroke as the Lavina A. Hatch corner
Status: In committee, October 1, 2026
What the bill says
From the introduced text, February 27, 2025:
The intersection of Congress Street and Washington Street, on Route 53 and Route 14, on the northwest corner of the intersection, at 749 Washington Street in the town of Pembroke, shall be designated and known as the Lavina A. Hatch Corner, in honor of Lavina A. Hatch, a founding member and secretary of the National Woman Suffrage Association of Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain suitable markers bearing the designation in compliance with the standards of the department. Lavina A. Hatch was born on May 20, 1836, in Pembroke, Massachusetts, and died on March 20, 1903, at the age of sixty-six. She was an animal rights activist, a suffragist, and an active volunteer in various organizations. She was a founding member and secretary of the National Woman Suffrage Association of Massachusetts and kept records of the Boston Political Class, which was an auxiliary organization. She attended Wheaton Female Seminary in Norton, and received additional education at Hanover Academy in Hanover, and Partridge Academy in Duxbury. She was employed as a schoolmistress in the local towns, where she was remembered as a teacher who not only disapproved of corporal punishment but succeeded in controlling even the unruliest students. She gave up teaching to care for her brother's children at the death of their mother, later adopting her …
Sponsors
- Kenneth Sweezey (R) · primary sponsor
- Kathleen LaNatra (D, 12th Plymouth)
Latest actions
- : Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading
- : Read third and passed to be engrossed
- : Ordered to a third reading
- : Amended (Fernandes) by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S3276
- : Read second
- : Taken out of the Orders of the Day
- : Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
- : Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Rules
- : Read third and passed to be engrossed
- : Read second and ordered to a third reading
Votes
- Committee Vote - Senate Committee on Rules (July 15, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Committee Vote - Joint Committee on Transportation (December 18, 2025): 12 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is H3790?
- H3790 is a bill in the Massachusetts Legislature (194th General Court): An Act designating a certain intersection in the town of Pembroke as the Lavina A. Hatch corner.
- What is the status of H3790?
- In committee as of October 1, 2026. Latest action: Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading (October 1, 2026).
- Who sponsored H3790?
- Kenneth Sweezey (R), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for H3790?
- On the Massachusetts Legislature website: https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H3790
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