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| Bill | An Act authorizing Bridgewater Town Charter amendment Article IV, Section 4-3, Town Manager Powers of Appointment | By Representative Gallagher of Bridgewater, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4579) of Dennis C. Gallagher (with the approval of the town council) relative to the appointment powers of the town manager of the city known as the town of Bridgewater. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.] | us/states/ma | Massachusetts General Court | 194th | H 4579 | Massachusetts H 4579 (194th) |
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Massachusetts H 4579 (194th) — An Act authorizing Bridgewater Town Charter amendment Article IV, Section 4-3, Town Manager Powers of Appointment
By Representative Gallagher of Bridgewater, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4579) of Dennis C. Gallagher (with the approval of the town council) relative to the appointment powers of the town manager of the city known as the town of Bridgewater. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
Sponsors
- Dennis C. Gallagher — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-10-02 Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government
referral-committee - 2025-10-06 Senate concurred
- 2025-10-14 Hearing scheduled for 10/14/2025 from 02:00 PM-02:00 PM in Written Testimony Only
- 2025-10-30 Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee - 2025-11-20 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
- 2025-11-20 Rules suspended
- 2025-11-20 Read second and ordered to a third reading
reading-2 - 2025-12-18 Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed
passage, reading-3 - 2025-12-22 Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
- 2026-01-29 Read second and ordered to a third reading
reading-2 - 2026-02-05 Taken out of the Orders of the Day
- 2026-02-05 Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-09 Enacted
passage - 2026-02-09 Enacted and laid before the Governor
passage - 2026-02-12 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 21 of the Acts of 2026
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e460ee21-2568-4075-a92d-7b24c12f78a2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).