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An Act Bridgewater town charter article II, legislative branch section 2-13(a) annual stipend

Filed by Dennis C. Gallagher  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 20 of the Acts of 2026.

H2268  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD2464

14 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-02-27HouseReferred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government
2025-02-27SenateSenate concurred
2025-05-05JointHearing scheduled for 05/13/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1
2025-07-10HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2025-07-23HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2025-07-23HouseRules suspended
2025-07-23HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2025-09-29HouseRead third (title changed), amended and passed to be engrossed
2025-10-02SenateRead, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading
2026-02-05SenateTaken out of the Orders of the Day
2026-02-05SenateRead third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed
2026-02-09HouseEnacted
2026-02-09SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2026-02-12ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 20 of the Acts of 2026

1 amendments filed

1 adopted

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
House 1Floor AmendmentThomas P. WalshAdopted

1 committee vote

Municipalities and Regional Government (J)  ·  2025-07-02 10:41  ·  Ought to Pass

favorable · 11

Positions are the four the committee itself records. Reserving a right is not an abstention and no action is not an absence.

Public hearing

House Rule 27 counts its reporting deadline from the day a bill is heard.

DateCommitteeWhereStatus
2025-05-13Municipalities and Regional Government (J)B-1, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableMunicipalities and Regional Government (J)
Place in ODSteering, Policy and Scheduling (H)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (H)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (S)

Every action here is as the legislature published it. A bill that drew no recorded vote is the ordinary case: the House records roughly 150 a year.