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Bill An Act relative to town meeting members in the town of Burlington By Representative Gordon of Bedford and Senator Donnelly, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2789) of Kenneth I. Gordon (by vote of the town) relative to the eligibility of town meeting members to hold other elected positions in town government of the town of Burlington. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.] us/states/ma Massachusetts General Court 190th H 2789 Massachusetts H 2789 (190th)
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Massachusetts H 2789 (190th) — An Act relative to town meeting members in the town of Burlington

By Representative Gordon of Bedford and Senator Donnelly, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2789) of Kenneth I. Gordon (by vote of the town) relative to the eligibility of town meeting members to hold other elected positions in town government of the town of Burlington. 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

Sponsors

  • Kenneth I. Gordon — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2017-03-16 Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government referral-committee
  • 2017-03-20 Senate concurred
  • 2017-04-03 Hearing scheduled for 04/11/2017 from 01:00 PM-03:00 PM in A2
  • 2017-04-13 Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2017-04-20 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
  • 2017-04-20 Rules suspended
  • 2017-04-20 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
  • 2017-07-20 Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed reading-3
  • 2017-07-24 Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
  • 2017-09-28 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
  • 2017-10-23 Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  • 2017-10-23 Read third and passed to be engrossed reading-3
  • 2017-10-25 Enacted passage
  • 2017-10-26 Enacted and laid before the Governor passage
  • 2017-10-31 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 106 of the Acts of 2017 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8527f16b-8b64-474b-9bf9-8b81f5b0b2e6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).