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An Act validating certain proceedings of the town of Stow

Filed by Maura T. Healey  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 108 of the Acts of 2026.

H5129  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD5687

14 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2026-02-17HouseReferred to the committee on Election Laws
2026-02-19SenateSenate concurred
2026-03-12JointHearing scheduled for 03/24/2026 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1
2026-04-08HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2026-04-09HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2026-04-09HouseRules suspended
2026-04-09HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-05-04HouseRead third and passed to be engrossed
2026-05-07SenateRead, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading
2026-06-11SenateTaken out of the Orders of the Day
2026-06-11SenateRead third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed
2026-06-15HouseEnacted
2026-06-15SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2026-06-22ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 108 of the Acts of 2026

1 committee vote

Election Laws (J)  ·  2026-04-02 15:00  ·  Poll/Vote

favorable · 17

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
2026-03-24Election Laws (J)A-1, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableElection Laws (J)
Place in ODSteering, Policy and Scheduling (H)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (H)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (S)

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.