Massachusetts legislation · 194th General Court
Massachusetts H5278: An Act relative to noise report data and good neighbor policy at Beverly Regional Airport
Status: In committee, October 26, 2026
What the bill says
From the introduced text, March 25, 2026:
SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary the Massachusetts Aeronautics Division (“The Division”) shall collect and post annually on its website all noise reports and complaints made to Beverly Regional Airport (BVY) between April 1 and October 1. For the purposes of this section, “noise complaint” shall refer to any complaint or report of excessive noise and shall include the day, date and hour of the week it occurred made via airport website, App, telephone, voicemail, email, written letter or in-person visit to the Airport or to a Commissioner by any resident. This data shall be collected by The Division no later than 14 days following the end of each month and posted in a readily accessible section of the Division’s public website no later than 20 days following the end each month. The data shall be posted and shall remain on the website in perpetuity. SECTION 2. The Division shall collect from the BVY Tower the number and time of day of all so-called “Touch and Go” operations between April 1 and October 1. This data shall be collected no later than 14 days following the end of each month and shall be posted in a readily accessible section of the BVY public website no later than 20 days following the end each month and …
Sponsors
- Transportation, Joint Committee on (I) · primary sponsor
- Sally Kerans (D, 13th Essex)
- Joan Lovely (D, Second Essex)
- Hannah Bowen (D, 6th Essex)
Latest actions
- : Amended by substitution of a bill with the same title, see H5708
- : Read third
- : Read second and ordered to a third reading
- : Rules suspended
- : Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
- : Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
- : New draft of H3713
- : Reported from the committee on Transportation
Votes
- Committee Vote - Joint Committee on Transportation (March 18, 2026): 12 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is H5278?
- H5278 is a bill in the Massachusetts Legislature (194th General Court): An Act relative to noise report data and good neighbor policy at Beverly Regional Airport.
- What is the status of H5278?
- In committee as of October 26, 2026. Latest action: Amended by substitution of a bill with the same title, see H5708 (October 26, 2026).
- Who sponsored H5278?
- Transportation, Joint Committee on (I), with 3 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for H5278?
- On the Massachusetts Legislature website: https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5278
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