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An Act allowing print-free digital legal notices for the town of Topsfield

Filed by Kristin E. Kassner  ·  1 cosponsor  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

H5578  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD6268

7 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2026-07-13HouseReferred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government
2026-07-16SenateSenate concurred
2026-07-21JointHearing scheduled for 07/22/2026 from 12:00 PM-12:05 PM in A-1
2026-07-30HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2026-08-17HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2026-08-17HouseRules suspended
2026-08-17HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading

1 committee vote

Municipalities and Regional Government (J)  ·  2026-07-23 12:00  ·  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
2026-07-22Municipalities and Regional Government (J)A-1, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableMunicipalities and Regional Government (J)
Place in ODSteering, Policy and Scheduling (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.