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An Act relative to the residency requirement for the town manager of the town of Tewksbury

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

Became Chapter 91 of the Acts of 2026.

S1446  ·  Bill  ·  docket SD2214

15 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-02-27SenateReferred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government
2025-02-27HouseHouse concurred
2025-05-05JointHearing scheduled for 05/13/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1
2025-06-18SenateBill reported favorably by committee and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2025-07-17SenateRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-03-16SenateTaken out of the Orders of the Day
2026-03-16SenateRead third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed
2026-03-18HouseRead; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2026-04-13HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2026-04-13HouseRules suspended
2026-04-13HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-05-28HouseRead third and passed to be engrossed
2026-06-01HouseEnacted
2026-06-01SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2026-06-05ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 91 of the Acts of 2026

Public hearing

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

DateCommitteeWhereStatus
2025-05-13Municipalities and Regional Government (J)B-1, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableMunicipalities and Regional Government (J)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (S)
Place in ODSteering, Policy and Scheduling (H)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (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.