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Bill An Act establishing an appointed town clerk in the town of Rutland By Representative Ferguson of Holden, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3985) of Kimberly N. Ferguson (by vote of the town) that the town of Rutland be authorized to establish an appointed town clerk in said town. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.] us/states/ma Massachusetts General Court 193rd H 3985 Massachusetts H 3985 (193rd)
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Massachusetts H 3985 (193rd) — An Act establishing an appointed town clerk in the town of Rutland

By Representative Ferguson of Holden, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3985) of Kimberly N. Ferguson (by vote of the town) that the town of Rutland be authorized to establish an appointed 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

  • Kimberly N. Ferguson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-07-13 Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government referral-committee
  • 2023-07-17 Senate concurred
  • 2023-09-19 Hearing scheduled for 09/26/2023 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1
  • 2023-11-13 Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
  • 2023-12-11 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
  • 2023-12-11 Rules suspended
  • 2023-12-11 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
  • 2023-12-26 Read third and passed to be engrossed passage, reading-3
  • 2023-12-28 Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
  • 2024-01-18 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
  • 2024-02-08 Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  • 2024-02-08 Read third and passed to be engrossed passage, reading-3
  • 2024-02-12 Enacted passage
  • 2024-02-12 Enacted and laid before the Governor passage
  • 2024-02-21 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 29 of the Acts of 2024 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/417b7caf-2f3b-40f7-b355-3e8cfc574ab4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).