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An Act regarding the recall of elected officers of the town of Sharon

Filed by Edward R. Philips  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 23 of the Acts of 2026.

H862  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD2626

15 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
2025-07-30HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2025-08-04HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2025-08-04HouseRules suspended
2025-08-04HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2025-12-08HouseRead third and passed to be engrossed
2025-12-11SenateRead; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2026-01-29SenateRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-02-02SenateTaken out of the Orders of the Day
2026-02-02SenateRead third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed
2026-02-05HouseEnacted
2026-02-05SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2026-02-13ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 23 of the Acts of 2026

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)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (S)

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.