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An Act authorizing the town of Berkley to recall elected officials

Filed by Kelly A. Dooner  ·  1 cosponsor  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

S2552  ·  Bill  ·  docket SD3046

8 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-07-10SenateReferred to the committee on Election Laws
2025-07-14HouseHouse concurred
2025-08-29JointHearing scheduled for 09/16/2025 from 1:00 PM-5:00 PM in B-1
2025-10-27SenateBill reported favorably by committee and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2025-11-13SenateRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-04-06SenateTaken out of the Orders of the Day
2026-04-06SenateRead third
2026-04-06SenateNew draft substituted (Dooner), see S3018

1 amendments filed

1 adopted

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
Senate 1An Act authorizing the town of Berkley to recall elected officialsKelly A. DoonerAdopted

1 committee vote

Election Laws (J)  ·  2025-10-14 09:00  ·  Ought to pass

favorable · 6

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
2025-09-16Election Laws (J)B-1, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableElection Laws (J)

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.