---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act providing for the appointment of a treasurer/collector in the town of Rehoboth"
description: "By Representative Howitt of Seekonk and Senator Feeney, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3970) of Steven S. Howitt and Paul R. Feeney (by vote of the town) that the town of Rehoboth be authorized to appoint a treasurer/collector in said town. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
session: "192nd"
identifier: "H 3970"
citation: "Massachusetts H 3970 (192nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-07-15"
last_action: "2021-12-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44becf0a-5058-4f40-8b5c-7f218e222429"
source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H3970"
source_hash: "2b31b051faabc3cf802a516201532cb071f3f7e988cc9f75ba9f8ab70166b099"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
---

# Massachusetts H 3970 (192nd) — An Act providing for the appointment of a treasurer/collector in the town of Rehoboth

By Representative Howitt of Seekonk and Senator Feeney, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3970) of Steven S. Howitt and Paul R. Feeney (by vote of the town) that the town of Rehoboth be authorized to appoint a treasurer/collector in said town. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H3970.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Paul R. Feeney — cosponsor (person)
- Steven S. Howitt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-07-15** Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government `referral-committee`
- **2021-07-22** Senate concurred
- **2021-09-03** Hearing scheduled for 09/14/2021 from 11:00 AM-03:00 PM in Virtual Hearing
- **2021-09-23** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-10-07** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
- **2021-10-07** Rules suspended
- **2021-10-07** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
- **2021-11-08** Read third and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
- **2021-11-10** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
- **2021-12-02** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
- **2021-12-02** Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-12-03** Enacted `passage`
- **2021-12-03** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
- **2021-12-06** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 101 of the Acts of 2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/44becf0a-5058-4f40-8b5c-7f218e222429`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).