Massachusetts House Approves Local Bills, Concurs With Senate Before Holiday Recess

BOSTON — July 2, 2026 — Massachusetts House clears local bills and a community honor in a brief July 2 informal session. The chamber, meeting under Speaker Ronald Mariano, unanimously adopted a resolution honoring Diane Gould for her service through the advocacy organization Advocates, on a measure filed by Representatives Priscila S. Sousa, Joseph D. McKenna, Jack Patrick Lewis, Danielle W. Gregoire, and Daniel M. Donahue. Three local bills — covering vessel transportation in Marstons Mills and Osterville in Barnstable, a naming designation for the Hyannis Transportation Center, and a conservation restriction in Middleton — were advanced to third reading by voice vote. The House also concurred with Senate amendments on House 4231, relative to parking enforcement in Cambridge, and passed House 3366, designating April 5 as Kohlschutter-Tonnis Neurodevelopment Syndrome Awareness Day, to be engrossed. The session closed with a unanimous vote to adjourn to Monday, July 7, at 11 a.m.