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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act validating the actions taken at a certain town meeting in the town of Berlin"
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description: "By Mr. Naughton of Clinton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3961) of Harold P. Naughton, Jr. (by vote of the town) relative to validating the actions taken at a certain town meeting in the town of Berlin. 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 3961"
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citation: "Massachusetts H 3961 (190th)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Harold P. Naughton, Jr."]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2017-10-17"
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last_action: "2017-12-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b66f5667-11fb-43f4-9002-9ed0f6759735"
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source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H3961"
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source_hash: "d3fdea43206f8e307f8816658ed04e3ce2d05686bdcef5d6ee7af81d17677336"
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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 3961 (190th) — An Act validating the actions taken at a certain town meeting in the town of Berlin
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By Mr. Naughton of Clinton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3961) of Harold P. Naughton, Jr. (by vote of the town) relative to validating the actions taken at a certain town meeting in the town of Berlin. 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/H3961.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- Harold P. Naughton, Jr. — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-10-17** Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government `referral-committee`
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- **2017-10-19** Senate concurred
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- **2017-10-24** Hearing scheduled for 10/31/2017 from 11:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-1
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- **2017-10-31** Bill reported favorably by committee as changed and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-11-02** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
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- **2017-11-02** Rules suspended
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- **2017-11-02** 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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- **2017-12-14** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
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- **2017-12-14** Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed `reading-2, reading-3`
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- **2017-12-18** Enacted `passage`
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- **2017-12-18** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
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- **2017-12-21** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 158 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/b66f5667-11fb-43f4-9002-9ed0f6759735`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
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