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An Act authorizing the Dalton Fire District to continue the employment of interim fire chief Christopher Francis Cachat

Filed by Leigh Davis  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 150 of the Acts of 2026.

H4321  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD4491

15 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-03-27HouseReferred to the committee on House Rules
2025-07-21HouseReported, referred to the committee on Joint Rules, reported, rules suspended and referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government
2025-07-24SenateSenate concurred
2025-08-14JointHearing scheduled for 08/14/2025 from 10:00 AM-5:00 PM in Written Testimony Only
2025-09-08HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2025-10-14HousePlaced in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting (under the last sentence of Rule 7A) for a second reading
2026-03-16HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-04-16HouseRead third and passed to be engrossed
2026-04-21SenateRead; and referred to the committee on Senate Rules
2026-07-16SenateCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2026-07-16SenateRules suspended
2026-07-16SenateRead second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed
2026-07-20HouseEnacted
2026-07-20SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2026-07-28ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 150 of the Acts of 2026

2 committee votes

Municipalities and Regional Government (J)  ·  2025-08-25 14:00  ·  Ought to pass

favorable · 10

no action · 1

Rules (S)  ·  2026-07-15 16:00  ·  Placed in the Orders of the Day

favorable · 7

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
2025-08-14Municipalities and Regional Government (J)Written Testimony Only, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
Suspend RulesRules (H)
FavorableMunicipalities and Regional Government (J)
Place in ODSteering, Policy and Scheduling (H)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (H)
Place in ODRules (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.