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Bill An Act regarding the recall of elected officers of the town of Sharon By Representative Philips of Sharon, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 862) of Edward R. Philips (by vote of the town) relative to the recall of elected officers in the town of Sharon. Election Laws. [Local Approval Received.] us/states/ma Massachusetts General Court 194th H 862 Massachusetts H 862 (194th)
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Massachusetts H 862 (194th) — An Act regarding the recall of elected officers of the town of Sharon

By Representative Philips of Sharon, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 862) of Edward R. Philips (by vote of the town) relative to the recall of elected officers in the town of Sharon. Election Laws. [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

  • Edward R. Philips — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-02-27 Referred to the committee on Election Laws referral-committee
  • 2025-02-27 Senate concurred
  • 2025-04-28 Hearing scheduled for 05/06/2025 from 01:00 PM-04:00 PM in B-1
  • 2025-07-30 Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
  • 2025-08-04 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
  • 2025-08-04 Rules suspended
  • 2025-08-04 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
  • 2025-12-08 Read third and passed to be engrossed passage, reading-3
  • 2025-12-11 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
  • 2026-02-02 Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  • 2026-02-02 Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed passage, reading-3
  • 2026-02-05 Enacted passage
  • 2026-02-05 Enacted and laid before the Governor passage
  • 2026-02-13 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 23 of the Acts of 2026 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4b03f6e2-d899-4120-888e-7d744a603cf3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).