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Bill An Act providing for recall elections in the town of Rutland By Mr. Durant and Ms.Ferguson of Holden, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2789) of Peter J. Durant and Kimberly N. Ferguson (by vote of the town) for legislation to provide recall elections in the town of Rutland. Election Laws. [Local Approval Received.] us/states/ma Massachusetts General Court 194th S 2789 Massachusetts S 2789 (194th)
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Massachusetts S 2789 (194th) — An Act providing for recall elections in the town of Rutland

By Mr. Durant and Ms.Ferguson of Holden, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2789) of Peter J. Durant and Kimberly N. Ferguson (by vote of the town) for legislation to provide recall elections in the town of Rutland. 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

  • Kimberly N. Ferguson — cosponsor (person)
  • Peter J. Durant — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-12-04 Referred to the committee on Election Laws referral-committee
  • 2025-12-08 House concurred
  • 2025-12-10 Hearing scheduled for 12/12/2025 from 09:00 AM-05:00 PM in Written Testimony Only
  • 2025-12-10 Hearing rescheduled to 12/15/2025 from 09:00 AM-05:00 PM in Written Testimony Only Hearing date changed
  • 2026-01-15 Bill reported favorably by committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-01-15 Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading reading-1, reading-2
  • 2026-03-19 Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  • 2026-03-19 Read third and passed to be engrossed passage, reading-3
  • 2026-03-23 Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling referral-committee
  • 2026-04-09 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
  • 2026-04-09 Rules suspended
  • 2026-04-09 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
  • 2026-04-30 Read third and passed to be engrossed passage, reading-3
  • 2026-05-04 Enacted passage
  • 2026-05-04 Enacted and laid before the Governor passage
  • 2026-05-13 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 79 of the Acts of 2026 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6588eca9-f438-4510-b1a9-824e33ca81a5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).