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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act amending the town manager act of the town of Arlington"
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description: "By Representative Garballey of Arlington and Senator Friedman, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4502) of Sean Garballey, Cindy F. Friedman and David M. Rogers (by vote of the town) for legislation to amend the town manager act of the town of Arlington. 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: "194th"
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identifier: "H 4502"
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citation: "Massachusetts H 4502 (194th)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2025-09-11"
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last_action: "2026-03-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1152369b-d65d-4f34-aeb3-ada96c03bfc6"
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source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4502"
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source_hash: "a7406a5dcda5ce137a679ca4d1432c296c2b2b79f5d1febfd99ed99ee5410954"
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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 4502 (194th) — An Act amending the town manager act of the town of Arlington
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By Representative Garballey of Arlington and Senator Friedman, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4502) of Sean Garballey, Cindy F. Friedman and David M. Rogers (by vote of the town) for legislation to amend the town manager act of the town of Arlington. 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/194/H4502.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- Cindy F. Friedman — cosponsor (person)
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- David M. Rogers — cosponsor (person)
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- Sean Garballey — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-09-11** Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government `referral-committee`
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- **2025-09-15** Senate concurred
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- **2025-09-23** Hearing scheduled for 09/23/2025 from 02:00 PM-02:00 PM in Written Testimony Only
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- **2025-10-14** 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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- **2025-11-06** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
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- **2025-11-06** Rules suspended
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- **2025-11-06** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-12-18** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-12-22** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
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- **2026-01-29** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-02** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
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- **2026-03-02** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-03-05** Enacted `passage`
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- **2026-03-05** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
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- **2026-03-12** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 38 of the Acts of 2026 `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/1152369b-d65d-4f34-aeb3-ada96c03bfc6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
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