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An Act relative to special town meetings petitioned for by residents of the town of Andover

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

Became Chapter 83 of the Acts of 2026.

S2544  ·  Bill  ·  docket SD3019

17 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-06-30SenateReferred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government
2025-07-03HouseHouse concurred
2025-07-09JointHearing scheduled for 07/22/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1
2025-07-31SenateBill reported favorably by committee and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2025-10-16SenateRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-03-30SenateTaken out of the Orders of the Day
2026-03-30SenateRead third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed
2026-04-02HouseRead; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2026-04-30HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2026-04-30HouseRules suspended
2026-04-30HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-05-07HouseRead third, amended and passed to be engrossed
2026-05-11SenateRules suspended
2026-05-11SenateSenate concurred in the House amendment
2026-05-14HouseEnacted
2026-05-14SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2026-05-19ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 83 of the Acts of 2026

1 amendments filed

1 adopted

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
House 1Floor AmendmentThomas P. WalshAdopted

1 committee vote

Municipalities and Regional Government (J)  ·  2025-07-25 14:00  ·  Ought to pass

favorable · 5

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 hearing

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

DateCommitteeWhereStatus
2025-07-22Municipalities 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)

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.