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An Act relative to any vacancy among town meeting members in Milford

Filed by Brian W. Murray  ·  1 cosponsor  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 17 of the Acts of 2026.

H4171  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD4743

18 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
2025-10-30HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2025-10-30HouseRules suspended
2025-10-30HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2025-11-20HouseRead third and passed to be engrossed
2025-11-24SenateRead, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading
2026-01-08SenateTaken out of the Orders of the Day
2026-01-08SenateRead third (title changed)
2026-01-08SenateAmended by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S2904
2026-01-08SenatePassed to be engrossed
2026-01-12HouseReferred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading
2026-01-29HouseHouse concurred in the Senate amendment
2026-01-29HouseEnacted
2026-01-29SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2026-02-06ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 17 of the Acts of 2026

1 amendments filed

1 adopted

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
Senate 1An Act further regulating vacancies among town meeting members in the town of MilfordRebecca L. RauschAdopted

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)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (S)
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.