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| Bill | An Act authorizing the town of Orange to increase the membership of the Board of Selectmen | By Representative Whipps of Athol and Senator Comerford, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4701) of Susannah M. Whipps and Joanne M. Comerford (by vote of the town) that the town of Orange be authorized to increase the membership of the board of selectmen of said town. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.] | us/states/ma | Massachusetts General Court | 194th | H 4701 | Massachusetts H 4701 (194th) |
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enacted | 1 | 14 | 0 | 2025-11-03 | 2026-03-05 | openstates | ocd-bill/149a9574-5d35-4f10-a0f6-7f0ccec40b32 | https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4701 | ea947adbf71eb304eb27ccdd1a2b2dea5e8958bb9828df768016a1bcede5feca | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Massachusetts H 4701 (194th) — An Act authorizing the town of Orange to increase the membership of the Board of Selectmen
By Representative Whipps of Athol and Senator Comerford, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4701) of Susannah M. Whipps and Joanne M. Comerford (by vote of the town) that the town of Orange be authorized to increase the membership of the board of selectmen of said town. 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
- Joanne M. Comerford — cosponsor (person)
- Susannah M. Whipps — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-11-03 Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government
referral-committee - 2025-11-06 Senate concurred
- 2025-11-17 Hearing scheduled for 11/17/2025 from 10:00 AM-05:00 PM in Written Testimony Only
- 2025-12-08 Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee - 2025-12-22 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
- 2025-12-22 Rules suspended
- 2025-12-22 Read second and ordered to a third reading
reading-2 - 2026-02-02 Read third and passed to be engrossed
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-05 Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
- 2026-02-25 Taken out of the Orders of the Day
- 2026-02-25 Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed
passage, reading-2, reading-3 - 2026-02-26 Enacted
passage - 2026-02-26 Enacted and laid before the Governor
passage - 2026-03-05 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 35 of the Acts of 2026
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/149a9574-5d35-4f10-a0f6-7f0ccec40b32. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).