An Act establishing a charter for the town of Orange
Filed by Susannah M. Whipps · 1 cosponsor · 194th General Court · the legislature's own page
Became Chapter 116 of the Acts of 2026.
H5053 · Bill · docket HD5582
20 actions
In the order the legislature recorded them.
| Date | Branch | Action |
|---|
| 2026-02-02 | House | Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government |
| 2026-02-05 | Senate | Senate concurred |
| 2026-02-12 | Joint | Hearing scheduled for 03/03/2026 from 01:00 PM-03:00 PM in 222 |
| 2026-03-03 | Joint | Hearing rescheduled to 03/03/2026 from 01:00 PM-01:30 PM in 222 and Virtual. Hearing updated to New End Time |
| 2026-03-12 | House | Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling |
| 2026-03-23 | House | Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting |
| 2026-03-23 | House | Rules suspended |
| 2026-03-23 | House | Read second and ordered to a third reading |
| 2026-04-13 | House | Read third and passed to be engrossed |
| 2026-04-16 | Senate | Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session |
| 2026-06-11 | Senate | Read second and ordered to a third reading |
| 2026-06-18 | Senate | Taken out of the Orders of the Day |
| 2026-06-18 | Senate | Read third |
| 2026-06-18 | Senate | Amended (Comerford) by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S3135 |
| 2026-06-18 | Senate | Passed to be engrossed |
| 2026-06-22 | House | Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading |
| 2026-06-29 | House | House concurred in the Senate amendment |
| 2026-06-29 | House | Enacted |
| 2026-06-29 | Senate | Enacted and laid before the Governor |
| 2026-06-30 | Executive | Signed by the Governor, Chapter 116 of the Acts of 2026 |
1 amendments filed
1 adopted
| No. | Title | Moved by | Outcome |
|---|
| Senate 1 | An Act establishing a charter for the town of Orange | Joanne M. Comerford | Adopted |
1 committee vote
Municipalities and Regional Government (J) · 2026-03-06 10:00 · ought to pass
Positions are the four the committee itself records. Reserving a right is not an abstention and no action is not an absence.
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