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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.

  1. 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).