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Bill An Act changing the board of selectmen of the town of Hanover to a select board By Mr. Keenan, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1302) of John F. Keenan and David F. DeCoste (by vote of the town) for legislation to change the board of selectmen of the town of Hanover to a select board. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.] us/states/ma Massachusetts General Court 193rd S 1302 Massachusetts S 1302 (193rd)
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Massachusetts S 1302 (193rd) — An Act changing the board of selectmen of the town of Hanover to a select board

By Mr. Keenan, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1302) of John F. Keenan and David F. DeCoste (by vote of the town) for legislation to change the board of selectmen of the town of Hanover to a select board. 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

  • John F. Keenan — primary (person)
  • David F. DeCoste — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-02-16 Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government referral-committee
  • 2023-02-16 House concurred
  • 2023-04-04 Hearing scheduled for 04/11/2023 from 11:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-1
  • 2023-05-04 Bill reported favorably by committee and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-05-11 Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  • 2023-05-11 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
  • 2023-05-18 Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  • 2023-05-18 Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed passage, reading-3
  • 2023-05-22 Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling referral-committee
  • 2023-06-20 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
  • 2023-06-20 Rules suspended
  • 2023-06-20 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
  • 2023-07-10 Read third and passed to be engrossed passage, reading-3
  • 2023-07-13 Enacted passage
  • 2023-07-13 Enacted and laid before the Governor passage
  • 2023-07-18 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 22 of the Acts of 2023 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7803c4d6-168d-4b8d-a90b-967ae636efa1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).