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An Act relative to the charter of the town of Westwood

Filed by Paul McMurtry  ·  1 cosponsor  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 87 of the Acts of 2026.

H4753  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD5309

15 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-11-17HouseReferred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government
2025-11-19SenateSenate concurred
2025-11-26JointHearing scheduled for 11/26/2025 from 10:00 AM-05:00 PM in Written Testimony Only
2026-01-05HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2026-01-22HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2026-01-22HouseRules suspended
2026-01-22HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-02-12HouseRead third and passed to be engrossed
2026-02-17SenateRead; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2026-03-19SenateRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-05-14SenateTaken out of the Orders of the Day
2026-05-14SenateRead third and passed to be engrossed
2026-05-18HouseEnacted
2026-05-18SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2026-05-26ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 87 of the Acts of 2026

1 committee vote

Municipalities and Regional Government (J)  ·  2025-12-09 14:02  ·  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
2025-11-26Municipalities 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.