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An Act authorizing the town of Berkley to increase the membership of the board of selectmen

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

Became Chapter 124 of the Acts of 2026.

S2897  ·  Bill  ·  docket SD3534

17 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2026-01-07SenateReferred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government
2026-01-08HouseHouse concurred
2026-02-12JointHearing scheduled for 03/03/2026 from 01:00 PM-03:00 PM in 222
2026-02-26SenateReporting date extended to Tuesday March 31, 2026
2026-03-03JointHearing rescheduled to 03/03/2026 from 01:00 PM-01:30 PM in 222 and Virtual. Hearing updated to New End Time
2026-03-09SenateBill reported favorably by committee and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2026-04-01SenateRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-05-11SenateTaken out of the Orders of the Day
2026-05-11SenateRead third and passed to be engrossed
2026-05-14HouseRead; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2026-06-08HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2026-06-08HouseRules suspended
2026-06-08HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-06-25HouseRead third and passed to be engrossed
2026-06-29HouseEnacted
2026-06-29SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2026-07-07ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 124 of the Acts of 2026

1 committee vote

Municipalities and Regional Government (J)  ·  2026-03-06 12:00  ·  Ought to pass

favorable · 5

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
2026-03-03Municipalities and Regional Government (J)222, 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.