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An Act amending the town charter of the town of Plymouth

Filed by Kathleen R. LaNatra  ·  1 cosponsor  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 86 of the Acts of 2026.

H4501  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD5113

15 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-09-11HouseReferred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government
2025-09-15SenateSenate concurred
2025-09-23JointHearing scheduled for 09/23/2025 from 02:00 PM-02:00 PM in Written Testimony Only
2025-10-14HouseBill reported favorably by committee as changed and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2025-11-10HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2025-11-10HouseRules suspended
2025-11-10HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-01-28HouseRead third and passed to be engrossed
2026-02-02SenateRead; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2026-02-26SenateRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-05-11SenateTaken out of the Orders of the Day
2026-05-11SenateRead third and passed to be engrossed
2026-05-14HouseEnacted
2026-05-14SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2026-05-21ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 86 of the Acts of 2026

1 committee vote

Municipalities and Regional Government (J)  ·  2025-10-02 14:00  ·  ought to pass as changed

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
2025-09-23Municipalities and Regional Government (J)Written Testimony Only, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
Favorable with ChangesMunicipalities 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)

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.