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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act relative to the Middleton town charter"
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description: "By Mr. Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3725) of Bradley H. Jones, Jr., Bruce E. Tarr and Theodore C. Speliotis (by vote of the town) that the town of Middleton be authorized to elect a moderator for a term of three years and change the annual town meeting day to the third Tuesday in May. Election Laws. [Local Approval Received.]"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
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legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
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session: "190th"
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identifier: "H 3725"
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citation: "Massachusetts H 3725 (190th)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bradley H. Jones, Jr."]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2017-06-05"
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last_action: "2018-02-22"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a4281bd-0a05-4cfd-82ca-47d048125a6a"
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source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H3725"
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source_hash: "1abf017f872ce287c4ca59aaa5b45ab664f03b0dd4ccabe194c4ce098e2b274e"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
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---
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# Massachusetts H 3725 (190th) — An Act relative to the Middleton town charter
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By Mr. Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3725) of Bradley H. Jones, Jr., Bruce E. Tarr and Theodore C. Speliotis (by vote of the town) that the town of Middleton be authorized to elect a moderator for a term of three years and change the annual town meeting day to the third Tuesday in May. Election Laws. [Local Approval Received.]
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H3725.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- Bradley H. Jones, Jr. — primary (person)
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- Bruce E. Tarr — cosponsor (person)
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- Theodore C. Speliotis — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-06-05** Referred to the committee on Election Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-08** Senate concurred
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- **2017-10-04** Hearing scheduled for 10/12/2017 from 02:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1
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- **2017-11-13** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-11-14** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
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- **2017-11-14** Rules suspended
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- **2017-11-14** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
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- **2017-11-20** Read third and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
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- **2017-11-22** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
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- **2018-01-25** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-12** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
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- **2018-02-12** Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-14** Enacted `passage`
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- **2018-02-14** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
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- **2018-02-22** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 31 of the Acts of 2018 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a4281bd-0a05-4cfd-82ca-47d048125a6a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
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