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An Act amending the town charter in the town of Oxford

Filed by Joseph D. McKenna  ·  2 cosponsors  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

H5261  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD5753

9 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2026-03-16HouseReferred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government
2026-03-19SenateSenate concurred
2026-03-27JointHearing scheduled for 04/08/2026 from 10:00 AM-12:00 PM in 222
2026-04-15HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2026-04-30HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2026-04-30HouseRules suspended
2026-04-30HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-09-03HouseRead third and passed to be engrossed
2026-09-08SenateRead; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session

1 committee vote

Municipalities and Regional Government (J)  ·  2026-04-09 14:00  ·  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
2026-04-08Municipalities 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)

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.