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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act establishing representative town meetings"
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description: "By Representative Murray of Milford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2089) of Brian W. Murray (by vote of the town) that the town of Milford be authorized to establish representative town meetings. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
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legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
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session: "193rd"
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identifier: "H 2089"
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citation: "Massachusetts H 2089 (193rd)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brian W. Murray"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2023-02-16"
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last_action: "2024-02-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e2f8f80-8b06-4cd3-872a-582fccd45e09"
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source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/H2089"
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source_hash: "d5b041d1d83dc56e3efc5eba9d853250f57fd48fe6c6c41c330a924d8bc38b87"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
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---
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# Massachusetts H 2089 (193rd) — An Act establishing representative town meetings
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By Representative Murray of Milford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2089) of Brian W. Murray (by vote of the town) that the town of Milford be authorized to establish representative town meetings. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/H2089.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- Brian W. Murray — primary (person)
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- Rebecca L. Rausch — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-16** Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-16** Senate concurred
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- **2023-06-12** Hearing scheduled for 06/20/2023 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2
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- **2023-07-17** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2023-08-14** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
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- **2023-08-14** Rules suspended
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- **2023-08-14** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
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- **2023-09-07** Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-09-11** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
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- **2023-10-19** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-01** Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-05** Enacted `passage`
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- **2024-02-05** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
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- **2024-02-12** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 20 of the Acts of 2024 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e2f8f80-8b06-4cd3-872a-582fccd45e09`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
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