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An Act relative to the charter of the town of Fairhaven

Filed by Mark D. Sylvia  ·  1 cosponsor  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 71 of the Acts of 2026.

H4232  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD4825

19 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-06-23HouseReferred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government
2025-06-26SenateSenate concurred
2025-07-09JointHearing scheduled for 07/22/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1
2025-08-04HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2025-09-02HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2025-09-02HouseRules suspended
2025-09-02HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2025-10-06HouseRead third and passed to be engrossed
2025-10-09SenateRead; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2025-10-23SenateRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-04-30SenateTaken out of the Orders of the Day
2026-04-30SenateRead third
2026-04-30SenateAmended (Montigny) by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S3059
2026-04-30SenatePassed to be engrossed
2026-05-04HouseReferred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading
2026-05-04HouseHouse concurred in the Senate amendment
2026-05-04HouseEnacted
2026-05-04SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2026-05-04ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 71 of the Acts of 2026

1 amendments filed

1 adopted

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
Senate 1Technical AmendmentMark C. MontignyAdopted

1 committee vote

Municipalities and Regional Government (J)  ·  2025-07-25 13:00  ·  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
2025-07-22Municipalities 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)
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.