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Bill An Act Authorizing the City of Newburyport to hold a special election for the purpose of accepting the terms of Clause 41C½ of Section 5 Chapter 59 of the Massachusetts General Laws By Mr. Kelcourse of Amesbury, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4249) of James M. Kelcourse and Kathleen O'Connor Ives (with the approval of the mayor and city council) that the city of Newburyport be authorized to hold a special election in said city. Election Laws. [Local Approval Received.] us/states/ma Massachusetts General Court 190th H 4249 Massachusetts H 4249 (190th)
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Massachusetts H 4249 (190th) — An Act Authorizing the City of Newburyport to hold a special election for the purpose of accepting the terms of Clause 41C½ of Section 5 Chapter 59 of the Massachusetts General Laws

By Mr. Kelcourse of Amesbury, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4249) of James M. Kelcourse and Kathleen O'Connor Ives (with the approval of the mayor and city council) that the city of Newburyport be authorized to hold a special election in said city. 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

  • James M. Kelcourse — primary (person)
  • Kathleen O'Connor Ives — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2018-02-22 Referred to the committee on Election Laws referral-committee
  • 2018-02-26 Senate concurred
  • 2018-04-19 Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2018-04-30 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
  • 2018-04-30 Rules suspended
  • 2018-04-30 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
  • 2018-05-21 Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed reading-3
  • 2018-05-29 Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
  • 2018-06-07 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
  • 2018-07-12 Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  • 2018-07-12 Read third and passed to be engrossed reading-3
  • 2018-07-12 Enacted passage
  • 2018-07-12 Enacted and laid before the Governor passage
  • 2018-07-20 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 146 of the Acts of 2018 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9c8aa26f-6ee4-4791-a9b5-88294d71996f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).