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Bill An Act authorizing the city known as the town of Franklin to establish a local agricultural commission with limited authority By Mr. Roy of Franklin, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3785) of Jeffrey N. Roy, Richard J. Ross and Karen E. Spilka (by vote of the town) that the city known as the town of Franklin be authorized to establish a local agricultural commission. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.] us/states/ma Massachusetts General Court 190th H 3785 Massachusetts H 3785 (190th)
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Massachusetts H 3785 (190th) — An Act authorizing the city known as the town of Franklin to establish a local agricultural commission with limited authority

By Mr. Roy of Franklin, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3785) of Jeffrey N. Roy, Richard J. Ross and Karen E. Spilka (by vote of the town) that the city known as the town of Franklin be authorized to establish a local agricultural commission. 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

  • Jeffrey N. Roy — primary (person)
  • Karen E. Spilka — cosponsor (person)
  • Richard J. Ross — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2017-06-26 Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government referral-committee
  • 2017-06-29 Senate concurred
  • 2017-07-18 Hearing scheduled for 07/25/2017 from 11:00 AM-01:00 PM in B-1
  • 2017-07-26 Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2017-07-26 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
  • 2017-07-26 Rules suspended
  • 2017-07-26 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
  • 2017-08-31 Read third and passed to be engrossed reading-3
  • 2017-09-05 Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
  • 2017-10-04 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
  • 2017-11-15 Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  • 2017-11-15 Read third, (title changed), amended and passed to be engrossed reading-3
  • 2017-11-16 Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading referral-committee
  • 2017-12-04 House concurred in the Senate amendment
  • 2017-12-07 Enacted passage
  • 2017-12-07 Enacted and laid before the Governor passage
  • 2017-12-13 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 148 of the Acts of 2017 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0b5c0270-05e6-4156-824b-00ec1c640c18. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).