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Bill An Act amending the charter of the town of Hopkinton to incorporate appointment powers of the board of library trustees By Representative Arena-DeRosa of Holliston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4292) of James C. Arena-DeRosa (by vote of the town) relative to appointment powers of the board of library trustees in the town of Hopkinton. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.] us/states/ma Massachusetts General Court 194th H 4292 Massachusetts H 4292 (194th)
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Massachusetts H 4292 (194th) — An Act amending the charter of the town of Hopkinton to incorporate appointment powers of the board of library trustees

By Representative Arena-DeRosa of Holliston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4292) of James C. Arena-DeRosa (by vote of the town) relative to appointment powers of the board of library trustees in the town of Hopkinton. 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

  • James C. Arena-DeRosa — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-07-17 Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government referral-committee
  • 2025-07-21 Senate concurred
  • 2025-07-24 Hearing scheduled for 07/29/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in Gardner Auditorium
  • 2025-07-29 Hearing rescheduled to 07/29/2025 from 01:00 PM-06:00 PM in Gardner Auditorium and Virtual Hearing updated to New End Time
  • 2025-07-29 Hearing rescheduled to 07/29/2025 from 01:00 PM-06:15 PM in Gardner Auditorium and Virtual Hearing updated to New End Time
  • 2025-07-29 Hearing rescheduled to 07/29/2025 from 01:00 PM-06:05 PM in Gardner Auditorium and Virtual Hearing updated to New End Time
  • 2025-08-14 Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
  • 2025-09-08 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
  • 2025-09-08 Rules suspended
  • 2025-09-08 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
  • 2025-10-20 Read third and passed to be engrossed passage, reading-3
  • 2025-10-23 Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading reading-1, reading-2
  • 2026-03-05 Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  • 2026-03-05 Read third and passed to be engrossed passage, reading-3
  • 2026-03-09 Enacted passage
  • 2026-03-12 Enacted and laid before the Governor passage
  • 2026-03-20 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 42 of the Acts of 2026 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d2f0f573-cc6e-45da-b9bd-599e9107924e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).