An Act to amend the town charter of Ipswich
Filed by Kristin E. Kassner · 194th General Court · the legislature's own page
Became Chapter 71 of the Acts of 2025.
H4243 · Bill · docket HD4860
18 actions
In the order the legislature recorded them.
| Date | Branch | Action |
|---|
| 2025-06-30 | House | Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government |
| 2025-07-03 | Senate | Senate concurred |
| 2025-07-09 | Joint | Hearing scheduled for 07/22/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1 |
| 2025-08-04 | House | Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling |
| 2025-09-02 | House | Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting |
| 2025-09-02 | House | Rules suspended |
| 2025-09-02 | House | Read second and ordered to a third reading |
| 2025-10-02 | House | Read third (title changed), amended and passed to be engrossed |
| 2025-10-06 | Senate | Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session |
| 2025-10-23 | Senate | Read second and ordered to a third reading |
| 2025-11-13 | Senate | Read third |
| 2025-11-13 | Senate | Amended (Tarr) by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S2719 |
| 2025-11-13 | Senate | Passed to be engrossed |
| 2025-11-13 | House | Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading |
| 2025-11-19 | House | House concurred in the Senate amendment |
| 2025-11-19 | House | Enacted |
| 2025-11-19 | Senate | Enacted and laid before the Governor |
| 2025-11-24 | Executive | Signed by the Governor, Chapter 71 of the Acts of 2025 |
2 amendments filed
2 adopted
| No. | Title | Moved by | Outcome |
|---|
| House 1 | Floor Amendment | Thomas P. Walsh | Adopted |
| Senate 1 | Amending the charter of the town of Ipswich to eliminate the residency requirement for town manager. | Bruce E. Tarr | Adopted |
1 committee vote
Municipalities and Regional Government (J) · 2025-07-25 13:00 · Ought to Pass
Positions are the four the committee itself records. Reserving a right is not an abstention and no action is not an absence.
Public hearing
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Committee actions
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