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An Act amending the charter of the town of Rockland

Reported by Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government  ·  2 cosponsors  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 30 of the Acts of 2026.

S2716  ·  Bill

17 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-11-13SenateReported from the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government
2025-11-13SenateNew draft of S2573
2025-11-13SenateBill reported favorably by committee and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2025-11-19SenateTaken out of the Orders of the Day
2025-11-19SenateRead second, amended, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed
2025-11-19HouseRead; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2025-11-20HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2025-11-20HouseRules suspended
2025-11-20HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2025-12-18HouseRead third, amended by substitution of a new text (H4866) and passed to be engrossed
2026-01-29SenateRules suspended
2026-01-29SenateSenate concurred in the House amendment with a further amendment, see S2932
2026-02-02HouseReferred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading
2026-02-09HouseHouse concurred in the Senate further amendment
2026-02-11HouseEnacted
2026-02-12SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2026-02-20ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 30 of the Acts of 2026

2 amendments filed

2 adopted

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
Senate 1Technical AmendmentJohn F. KeenanAdopted
Senate 2Charter of the town of RocklandJohn F. KeenanAdopted

1 committee vote

Municipalities and Regional Government (J)  ·  2025-11-10 11:00  ·  Ought to pass – by substitution of a New Draft

favorable · 5

Positions are the four the committee itself records. Reserving a right is not an abstention and no action is not an absence.

Committee actions

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