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An Act relative to the annual town meeting for the town of Orange

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

Became Chapter 78 of the Acts of 2026.

H4717  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD5304

15 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-11-06HouseReferred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government
2025-11-10SenateSenate concurred
2025-11-17JointHearing scheduled for 11/17/2025 from 10:00 AM-05:00 PM in Written Testimony Only
2025-12-08HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2025-12-22HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2025-12-22HouseRules suspended
2025-12-22HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-01-15HouseRead third, amended and passed to be engrossed
2026-01-20SenateRead; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2026-02-12SenateRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-04-30SenateTaken out of the Orders of the Day
2026-04-30SenateRead third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed
2026-05-04HouseEnacted
2026-05-04SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2026-05-12ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 78 of the Acts of 2026

1 amendments filed

1 adopted

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
House 1Floor AmendmentThomas P. WalshAdopted

1 committee vote

Municipalities and Regional Government (J)  ·  2025-11-25 14:00  ·  Ought to pass

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
2025-11-17Municipalities 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)

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.