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An Act relative to the town of Reading Home Rule Charter

Filed by Bradley H. Jones, Jr.  ·  2 cosponsors  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 105 of the Acts of 2026.

H5102  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD5631

16 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2026-02-11HouseReferred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government
2026-02-12SenateSenate concurred
2026-02-26JointHearing scheduled for 03/03/2026 from 01:00 PM-03:00 PM in 222
2026-03-03JointHearing rescheduled to 03/03/2026 from 01:00 PM-01:30 PM in 222 and Virtual. Hearing updated to New End Time
2026-03-12HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2026-03-16HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2026-03-16HouseRules suspended
2026-03-16HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-04-06HouseRead third and passed to be engrossed
2026-04-08SenateRead; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2026-04-15SenateRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-06-08SenateTaken out of the Orders of the Day
2026-06-08SenateRead third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed
2026-06-10HouseEnacted
2026-06-11SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2026-06-17ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 105 of the Acts of 2026

1 committee vote

Municipalities and Regional Government (J)  ·  2026-03-06 10:00  ·  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
2026-03-03Municipalities and Regional Government (J)222, 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.