Massachusetts H5541: An Act authorizing the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to take easements over certain land located in the city of Woburn and the town of Burlington held in trust by the city of Boston for the Mary P. C. Cummings Testamentary Trust for highway purposes

What the bill says

From the introduced text, June 29, 2026:

SECTION 1. Pursuant to section 5A of chapter 3 of the general laws, notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the commonwealth of Massachusetts, acting by and through its department of transportation, may take for highway purposes, certain parcels of land located in Woburn and Burlington, held in trust by the city of Boston department of Treasury, being temporary construction areas of 4,603 square feet and permanent easements of 8,917 square feet and shown on a plan of land entitled, “Massachusetts Department of Transportation Highway Division Intersection Improvement Project Cambridge Road at South Bedford Street and Bedford Road in the city and town of Woburn/Burlington, Middlesex County Preliminary Right of Way Plans”, to be filed with the chief engineer of the highway division of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation and recorded with the Middlesex north registry of deeds. SECTION 2. In anticipation of and as planned mitigation for the takings described in section 1 of this act, and to ensure no net loss of land subject to article 97 of the amendments to the constitution of the commonwealth, during the May 25, 2025 approval of a special permit to Jumbo Self Storage, LLC - Jumbo Capital Management for land being located at 7 Wheeler Road in Burlington, Massachusetts and shown on Assessor's Map 52 as Parcels 4 and …

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Sponsors

• Transportation, Joint Committee on (I) · primary sponsor
• Richard Haggerty (D, 30th Middlesex)
• Kenneth Gordon (D, 21st Middlesex)
• Michelle Ciccolo (D, 15th Middlesex)

Latest actions

1. July 29, 2026: New draft substituted, see H5616
2. July 29, 2026: Read second, amended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means)
3. July 29, 2026: Rules suspended
4. July 29, 2026: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading with the amendment pending
5. July 29, 2026: Referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling with the amendment pending
6. July 29, 2026: Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting therefor a bill with the same title, see H5616
7. June 29, 2026: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
8. June 29, 2026: New draft of H5400
9. June 29, 2026: Reported from the committee on Transportation

Votes

• Committee Vote - House Committee on Ways and Means (July 28, 2026): 32 yea, 0 nay, passed
• Committee Vote - Joint Committee on Transportation (June 25, 2026): 11 yea, 0 nay, passed

Common questions

What is H5541?

H5541 is a bill in the Massachusetts Legislature (194th General Court): An Act authorizing the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to take easements over certain land located in the city of Woburn and the town of Burlington held in trust by the city of Boston for the Mary P. C. Cummings Testamentary Trust for highway purposes.

What is the status of H5541?

In committee as of July 29, 2026. Latest action: New draft substituted, see H5616 (July 29, 2026).

Who sponsored H5541?

Transportation, Joint Committee on (I), with 3 co-sponsors.

Where is the official record for H5541?

On the Massachusetts Legislature website: https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5541