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An Act empowering municipalities and local governments

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

H56  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD4360

22 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-07-17HouseRead; and referred, as relates to sections 1 to 17, inclusive, 20 to 44, inclusive, 73 to 82, inclusive, and 87 to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government
2025-07-31SenateSenate concurred
2025-07-17HouseRead; and referred, as relates to sections 18, 19, 83, 84, and 88 to the committee on Public Service
2025-07-31SenateSenate concurred
2025-07-17HouseRead; and referred, as relates to sections 45 to 72, inclusive, 85 and 86, to the committee on Revenue
2025-07-31SenateSenate concurred
2025-08-01JointHearing scheduled (Municipalities and Regional Government) to 09/09/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1 and Virtual
2025-08-21JointHearing rescheduled (Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government) to 10/28/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1 and Virtual. Hearing location changed
2025-09-11JointHearing scheduled (Joint Committee on Public Service) for 09/22/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2
2025-09-22JointHearing rescheduled (Joint Committee on Public Service) 09/22/2025 from 01:00 PM-03:10 PM in A-2 and Virtual. Hearing updated to New End Time
2025-10-28JointHearing scheduled for 11/07/2025 from 10:00 AM-02:00 PM in Gardner Auditorium
2025-11-26HouseReporting date extended to Friday, February 13, 2026 (sections 1 to 17, inclusive, 20 to 44, inclusive, 73 to 82, inclusive, and 87)
2025-12-18HouseSections 45 to 72, inclusive, 85 and 86, accompanied a study order, see H4850
2025-12-18HouseReported from the committee on House Rules
2025-12-18HouseReported on the residue of H4850
2025-12-18HouseSections 45 to 72, inclusive, 85 and 86, recommitted to the committee on Revenue
2026-02-17HouseReporting date extended to Friday, March 13, 2026 (sections 45 to 72, inclusive, 85 and 86)
2026-02-19HouseReported from the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government (as relates to sections 1 to 17, inclusive, 20 to 44, inclusive, 73 to 82, inclusive, and 87)
2026-02-19HouseAccompanied a new draft, see H5131
2026-03-09HouseReported date extended to Wednesday, March 18, 2026 (sections 45 to 72, inclusive, 85 and 86)
2026-04-02HouseReported from the committee on Public Service (as relates to sections 18, 19, 83, 84 and 88), published as H5321
2026-05-14HouseSections 45 to 72, inclusive, 85 and 86, accompanied a study order, see H5394

1 committee vote

Public Service (J)  ·  2025-12-02 13:28  ·  Joint Committee on Public Service

favorable · 14

adverse · 1

reserve right · 1

no action · 1

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

Public hearings

House Rule 27 counts its reporting deadline from the day a bill is heard.

DateCommitteeWhereStatus
2025-09-22Public Service (J)A-2, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted
2025-10-28Municipalities and Regional Government (J)B-1, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted
2025-11-07Revenue (J)Gardner Auditorium, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
AccompaniedMunicipalities and Regional Government (J)
FavorablePublic Service (J)
AccompaniedRevenue (J)
FavorableRules (H)
AccompaniedRevenue (J)

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.