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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act authorizing the city known as the town of Franklin to establish a local agricultural commission with limited authority"
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description: "By Mr. Roy of Franklin, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3785) of Jeffrey N. Roy, Richard J. Ross and Karen E. Spilka (by vote of the town) that the city known as the town of Franklin be authorized to establish a local agricultural commission. Municipalities and Regional Government. [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 3785"
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citation: "Massachusetts H 3785 (190th)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jeffrey N. Roy"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2017-06-26"
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last_action: "2017-12-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b5c0270-05e6-4156-824b-00ec1c640c18"
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source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H3785"
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source_hash: "1e6f44c99e5d7662077ed1e0d8530e681b75d84968d0f27b50f7e327ee48f010"
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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 3785 (190th) — An Act authorizing the city known as the town of Franklin to establish a local agricultural commission with limited authority
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By Mr. Roy of Franklin, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3785) of Jeffrey N. Roy, Richard J. Ross and Karen E. Spilka (by vote of the town) that the city known as the town of Franklin be authorized to establish a local agricultural commission. Municipalities and Regional Government. [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/H3785.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- Jeffrey N. Roy — primary (person)
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- Karen E. Spilka — cosponsor (person)
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- Richard J. Ross — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-06-26** Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government `referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-29** Senate concurred
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- **2017-07-18** Hearing scheduled for 07/25/2017 from 11:00 AM-01:00 PM in B-1
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- **2017-07-26** 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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- **2017-07-26** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
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- **2017-07-26** Rules suspended
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- **2017-07-26** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
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- **2017-08-31** Read third and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
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- **2017-09-05** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
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- **2017-10-04** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
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- **2017-11-15** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
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- **2017-11-15** Read third, (title changed), amended and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
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- **2017-11-16** Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading `referral-committee`
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- **2017-12-04** House concurred in the Senate amendment
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- **2017-12-07** Enacted `passage`
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- **2017-12-07** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
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- **2017-12-13** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 148 of the Acts of 2017 `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/0b5c0270-05e6-4156-824b-00ec1c640c18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
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