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Bill An Act relative to the town of Weston town meeting By Representative Peisch of Wellesley and Senator Barrett, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3873) of Alice Hanlon Peisch and Michael J. Barrett (by vote of the town) that the town of Weston be authorized to increase the number of signatures required to place an article on the warrant of said town. Election Laws. [Local Approval Received.] us/states/ma Massachusetts General Court 190th H 3873 Massachusetts H 3873 (190th)
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Massachusetts H 3873 (190th) — An Act relative to the town of Weston town meeting

By Representative Peisch of Wellesley and Senator Barrett, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3873) of Alice Hanlon Peisch and Michael J. Barrett (by vote of the town) that the town of Weston be authorized to increase the number of signatures required to place an article on the warrant of said town. Election Laws. [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

  • Alice Hanlon Peisch — cosponsor (person)
  • Michael J. Barrett — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2017-08-03 Referred to the committee on Election Laws referral-committee
  • 2017-08-07 Senate concurred
  • 2017-09-19 Hearing scheduled for 09/27/2017 from 01:00 PM-03:00 PM in A-1
  • 2017-12-28 Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2018-01-08 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
  • 2018-01-08 Rules suspended
  • 2018-01-08 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
  • 2018-01-22 Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed reading-3
  • 2018-01-25 Read and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
  • 2018-02-08 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
  • 2018-02-15 Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  • 2018-02-15 Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed reading-3
  • 2018-02-15 Enacted passage
  • 2018-02-15 Enacted and laid before the Governor passage
  • 2018-02-22 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 34 of the Acts of 2018 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/96b2692b-5152-4eef-8c9b-e120e8dceaad. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).