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An Act to authorize the mayor of the city of Haverhill to submit special legislation to increase the membership of the board of health from three members to five members

Filed by Andres X. Vargas  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 72 of the Acts of 2026.

H4057  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD4572

15 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-04-24HouseReferred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government
2025-04-28SenateSenate concurred
2025-06-03JointHearing scheduled for 06/10/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1
2025-07-14HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2025-08-11HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2025-08-11HouseRules suspended
2025-08-11HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2025-09-04HouseRead third and passed to be engrossed
2025-09-08SenateRead; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2025-10-16SenateRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-04-23SenateTaken out of the Orders of the Day
2026-04-23SenateRead third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed
2026-04-27HouseEnacted
2026-04-30SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2026-05-08ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 72 of the Acts of 2026

1 committee vote

Municipalities and Regional Government (J)  ·  2025-07-02 11:01  ·  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
2025-06-10Municipalities 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 (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.