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An Act relative to certain special revolving funds in the town of Athol

Filed by Susannah M. Whipps  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 3 of the Acts of 2026.

H4401  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD5009

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
2025-10-20HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2025-10-20HouseRules suspended
2025-10-20HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2025-11-17HouseRead third and passed to be engrossed
2025-11-19SenateRead; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2025-12-08SenateTaken out of the Orders of the Day
2025-12-08SenateRead second
2025-12-08SenateAmended (Comerford) by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S2812
2025-12-08SenateOrdered to a third reading
2025-12-08SenateRead third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed
2025-12-12HouseReferred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading
2026-01-08HouseHouse concurred in the Senate amendment
2026-01-12HouseEnacted
2026-01-12SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2026-01-21ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 3 of the Acts of 2026

1 amendments filed

1 adopted

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
Senate 1An Act dissolving a certain special fund in the town of AtholJoanne M. ComerfordAdopted

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 (H)

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.