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Bill An Act relative to special town meetings petitioned for by residents of the town of Andover By Mr. Finegold, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2544) of Barry R. Finegold (by vote of the town) relative to special town meetings petitioned for by residents of the town of Andover. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.] us/states/ma Massachusetts General Court 194th S 2544 Massachusetts S 2544 (194th)
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Massachusetts S 2544 (194th) — An Act relative to special town meetings petitioned for by residents of the town of Andover

By Mr. Finegold, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2544) of Barry R. Finegold (by vote of the town) relative to special town meetings petitioned for by residents of the town of Andover. 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

  • Barry R. Finegold — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-06-30 Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government referral-committee
  • 2025-07-03 House concurred
  • 2025-07-09 Hearing scheduled for 07/22/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1
  • 2025-07-31 Bill reported favorably by committee and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-10-16 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
  • 2026-03-30 Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  • 2026-03-30 Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed passage, reading-3
  • 2026-04-02 Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling referral-committee
  • 2026-04-30 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
  • 2026-04-30 Rules suspended
  • 2026-04-30 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
  • 2026-05-07 Read third, amended and passed to be engrossed passage, reading-3
  • 2026-05-11 Rules suspended
  • 2026-05-11 Senate concurred in the House amendment
  • 2026-05-14 Enacted passage
  • 2026-05-14 Enacted and laid before the Governor passage
  • 2026-05-19 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 83 of the Acts of 2026 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/546d1e13-22ac-452c-890f-0353053c49d7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).