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An Act further amending the charter of the town of Middleton

Filed by Bradley H. Jones, Jr.  ·  2 cosponsors  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 74 of the Acts of 2026.

H4399  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD5013

19 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-08-11HouseReferred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government
2025-08-14SenateSenate concurred
2025-09-04JointHearing scheduled for 09/04/2025 from 03:10 PM-01:30 PM in Written Testimony Only
2025-09-22HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2025-09-22HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2025-09-22HouseRules suspended
2025-09-22HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2025-12-08HouseRead third and passed to be engrossed
2025-12-11SenateRead; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2026-01-29SenateRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-04-13SenateTaken out of the Orders of the Day
2026-04-13SenateRead third (title changed)
2026-04-13SenateAmended (Tarr) by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S3053
2026-04-13SenatePassed to be engrossed
2026-04-15HouseReferred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading
2026-04-29HouseHouse concurred in the Senate amendment
2026-04-30HouseEnacted
2026-04-30SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2026-05-08ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 74 of the Acts of 2026

1 amendments filed

1 adopted

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
Senate 1Middleton CharterBruce E. TarrAdopted

1 committee vote

Municipalities and Regional Government (J)  ·  2025-09-12 14:00  ·  ought to pass

favorable · 10

no action · 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
2025-09-04Municipalities and Regional Government (J)Written Testimony Only, 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.