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An Act providing for the filling of a vacancy on the Groton-Dunstable School Committee

Filed by Margaret R. Scarsdale  ·  1 cosponsor  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

H5542  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD6241

6 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2026-06-24HouseReferred to the committee on House Rules, reported, referred to the committee on Joint Rules, reported, rules suspended and referred to the committee on Election Laws
2026-06-29SenateSenate concurred
2026-06-30JointHearing scheduled for 07/21/2026 from 01:00 PM-04:00 PM in A-1
2026-07-09JointHearing rescheduled to 07/21/2026 from 01:00 PM-04:00 PM in A-1 . Hearing updated to include Virtual
2026-07-21JointHearing rescheduled to 07/21/2026 from 01:00 PM-02:20 PM in A-1 . Hearing updated to New End Time
2026-09-03HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

1 committee vote

Election Laws (J)  ·  2026-09-01 12:00  ·  Poll/Vote?

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
2026-07-21Election Laws (J)A-1, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
Suspend RulesRules (H)
FavorableElection Laws (J)

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.