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Bill An Act relative to the town charter of Groton By Mr. Kennedy, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1192) of Edward J. Kennedy, Sheila C. Harrington and José F. Tosado (by vote of the town) for legislation relative to the town charter of Groton. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.] us/states/ma Massachusetts General Court 191st S 1192 Massachusetts S 1192 (191st)
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Massachusetts S 1192 (191st) — An Act relative to the town charter of Groton

By Mr. Kennedy, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1192) of Edward J. Kennedy, Sheila C. Harrington and José F. Tosado (by vote of the town) for legislation relative to the town charter of Groton. 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

  • Edward J. Kennedy — primary (person)
  • Edward J. Kennedy — cosponsor (person)
  • José F. Tosado — cosponsor (person)
  • Sheila C. Harrington — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-01-22 Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government referral-committee
  • 2019-01-22 House concurred
  • 2019-04-01 Hearing scheduled for 04/09/2019 from 11:00 AM-01:00 PM in Gardner Auditorium
  • 2019-04-29 Bill reported favorably by committee and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-06-27 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
  • 2019-07-11 Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  • 2019-07-11 Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed reading-3
  • 2019-07-12 Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling referral-committee
  • 2019-08-08 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
  • 2019-08-08 Rules suspended
  • 2019-08-08 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
  • 2019-11-12 Read third and passed to be engrossed reading-3
  • 2019-11-13 Enacted passage
  • 2019-11-14 Enacted and laid before the Governor passage
  • 2019-11-21 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 121 of the Acts of 2019 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/746d9b38-a67f-48b6-b41a-a16146d95ee7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).