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An Act empowering municipalities and local governments

Reported by Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government  ·  1 cosponsor  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

H5131  ·  Bill

3 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2026-02-19HouseReported from the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government
2026-02-19HouseNew draft of H56 (as relates to sections 1 to 17, inclusive, 20 to 44, inclusive, 73 to 82, inclusive, and 87)
2026-02-19HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

1 committee vote

Municipalities and Regional Government (J)  ·  2026-02-11 10:00  ·  ought to pass as redrafted

favorable · 13

reserve right · 3

Positions are the four the committee itself records. Reserving a right is not an abstention and no action is not an absence.

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
RedraftMunicipalities and Regional Government (J)

Cosponsors

In the order filed.

  • Maura T. Healey

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.