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An Act relative to the office of ward 7 councilor in the city of Marlborough

Filed by Danielle W. Gregoire  ·  2 cosponsors  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 65 of the Acts of 2025.

H4170  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD4736

13 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-05-29HouseReferred to the committee on Election Laws
2025-06-02SenateSenate concurred
2025-06-27JointHearing scheduled for 07/08/2025 from 01:00 PM-04:00 PM in B-1
2025-10-15HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2025-10-27HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2025-10-27HouseRules suspended
2025-10-27HouseRead second, ordered to a third reading, rules suspended, read third and passed to be engrossed
2025-10-30SenateRead; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2025-11-10SenateTaken out of the Orders of the Day
2025-11-10SenateRead second, ordered to a third reading, read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed
2025-11-12HouseEnacted
2025-11-13SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2025-11-19ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 65 of the Acts of 2025

1 committee vote

Election Laws (J)  ·  2025-10-06 11:00  ·  Poll/Vote

favorable · 10

reserve right · 1

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
2025-07-08Election Laws (J)B-1, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableElection Laws (J)
Place in ODSteering, Policy and Scheduling (H)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (H)

Cosponsors

In the order filed.

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.