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Bill An Act relative to the charter of the town of Swampscott establishing a fall annual town meeting By Representative Armini of Marblehead and Senator Crighton, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4438) of Jennifer Balinsky Armini and Brendan P. Crighton (by vote of the town) that the town of Swampscott be authorized to establish an annual fall town meeting. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.] us/states/ma Massachusetts General Court 194th H 4438 Massachusetts H 4438 (194th)
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Massachusetts H 4438 (194th) — An Act relative to the charter of the town of Swampscott establishing a fall annual town meeting

By Representative Armini of Marblehead and Senator Crighton, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4438) of Jennifer Balinsky Armini and Brendan P. Crighton (by vote of the town) that the town of Swampscott be authorized to establish an annual fall town meeting. 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

  • Brendan P. Crighton — cosponsor (person)
  • Jennifer Balinsky Armini — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-08-25 Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government referral-committee
  • 2025-08-28 Senate concurred
  • 2025-09-04 Hearing scheduled for 09/04/2025 from 03:10 PM-01:30 PM in Written Testimony Only
  • 2025-09-22 Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
  • 2025-10-16 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
  • 2025-10-16 Rules suspended
  • 2025-10-16 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
  • 2025-10-30 Read third and passed to be engrossed passage, reading-3
  • 2025-11-03 Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
  • 2025-11-13 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
  • 2026-02-17 Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  • 2026-02-17 Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed passage, reading-3
  • 2026-02-19 Enacted passage
  • 2026-02-19 Enacted and laid before the Governor passage
  • 2026-02-26 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 32 of the Acts of 2026 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/66f9f7df-d8f0-47b2-80d2-337fec9ce11f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).