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An Act relative to the town of Cheshire's special election

Filed by John Barrett, III  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 20 of the Acts of 2025.

H801  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD314

14 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-02-27HouseReferred to the committee on Election Laws
2025-02-27SenateSenate concurred
2025-04-28JointHearing scheduled for 05/06/2025 from 01:00 PM-04:00 PM in B-1
2025-07-10HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2025-07-21HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2025-07-21HouseRules suspended
2025-07-21HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2025-07-24HouseRead third and passed to be engrossed
2025-07-28SenateRead; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2025-08-11SenateTaken out of the Orders of the Day
2025-08-11SenateRead second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed
2025-08-14HouseEnacted
2025-08-14SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2025-08-20ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 20 of the Acts of 2025

Public hearing

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

DateCommitteeWhereStatus
2025-05-06Election Laws (J)B-1, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableElection Laws (J)
Place in ODSteering, Policy and Scheduling (H)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (H)

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.