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Bill An Act relative to the Ware selectboard By Mr. Smola of Warren, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2205) of Todd M. Smola and Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr. (by vote of the town) that the town of Ware be authorized to change the name of the board of selectmen to selectboard in said town. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.] us/states/ma Massachusetts General Court 192nd H 2205 Massachusetts H 2205 (192nd)
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Massachusetts H 2205 (192nd) — An Act relative to the Ware selectboard

By Mr. Smola of Warren, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2205) of Todd M. Smola and Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr. (by vote of the town) that the town of Ware be authorized to change the name of the board of selectmen to selectboard 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

  • Todd M. Smola — primary (person)
  • Anne M. Gobi — cosponsor (person)
  • Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-03-29 Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government referral-committee
  • 2021-03-29 Senate concurred
  • 2021-05-14 Hearing scheduled for 05/17/2021 from 12:00 PM-12:01 PM in Written Testimony Only
  • 2021-05-24 Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
  • 2021-06-03 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
  • 2021-06-03 Rules suspended
  • 2021-06-03 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
  • 2021-07-08 Read third and passed to be engrossed reading-3
  • 2021-07-12 Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading reading-1, reading-2
  • 2022-05-02 Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  • 2022-05-02 Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed reading-3
  • 2022-05-05 Enacted passage
  • 2022-05-05 Enacted and laid before the Governor passage
  • 2022-05-11 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 61 of the Acts of 2022 executive-signature
  • 2022-05-16 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 61 of the Acts of 2022 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f1ace544-d7b9-47bb-9323-3f3dc01d07a7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).