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Bill An Act Establishing the Appointed Office of Town Clerk in the Town of Ayer By Ms. Benson of Lunenburg, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4077) of Jennifer E. Benson and James B. Eldridge (by vote of the town) that the town of Ayer be authorized to establish an appointed position of town clerk in said town. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.] us/states/ma Massachusetts General Court 190th H 4077 Massachusetts H 4077 (190th)
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Massachusetts H 4077 (190th) — An Act Establishing the Appointed Office of Town Clerk in the Town of Ayer

By Ms. Benson of Lunenburg, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4077) of Jennifer E. Benson and James B. Eldridge (by vote of the town) that the town of Ayer be authorized to establish an appointed position of town clerk 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

Sponsors

  • Jennifer E. Benson — primary (person)
  • James B. Eldridge — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2017-12-14 Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government referral-committee
  • 2017-12-18 Senate concurred
  • 2018-01-11 Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2018-01-18 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
  • 2018-01-18 Rules suspended
  • 2018-01-18 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
  • 2018-02-01 Read third and passed to be engrossed reading-3
  • 2018-02-05 Read and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
  • 2018-02-14 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
  • 2018-03-29 Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  • 2018-03-29 Read third and passed to be engrossed reading-3
  • 2018-04-02 Enacted passage
  • 2018-04-02 Enacted and laid before the Governor passage
  • 2018-04-12 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 65 of the Acts of 2018 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6c6ac500-2824-4263-8ddc-37b05582ee27. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).