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An Act authorizing the town of Conway to continue the employment of fire department member Howard Boyden

Filed by Natalie M. Blais  ·  1 cosponsor  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 161 of the Acts of 2026.

H4506  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD5093

17 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-09-11HouseReferred to the committee on Public Service
2025-09-15SenateSenate concurred
2025-10-02JointHearing scheduled for 10/15/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1
2026-02-02HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2026-03-02HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2026-03-02HouseRules suspended
2026-03-02HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-03-19HouseRead third and passed to be engrossed
2026-03-23SenateRead; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2026-04-09SenateRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-07-16SenateRead third, amended and passed to be engrossed
2026-07-20HouseReferred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading
2026-07-31HouseRules suspended
2026-07-31HouseHouse concurred in the Senate amendment
2026-07-31HouseEnacted
2026-07-31SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2026-08-04ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 161 of the Acts of 2026

1 amendments filed

1 adopted

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
Senate 1Howard Boyden Corrective AmendmentPaul W. MarkAdopted

1 committee vote

Public Service (J)  ·  2026-01-09 15:16  ·  Favorable Report

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
2025-10-15Public Service (J)B-1, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorablePublic Service (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.