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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act to amend the Williamstown town charter by making all gender references therein gender neutral"
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description: "By Representative Barrett of North Adams, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2030) of John Barrett, III (by vote of the town) that the town of Williamstown be authorized to amend the charter of said town by making all gender references therein gender neutral. 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: "193rd"
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identifier: "H 2030"
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citation: "Massachusetts H 2030 (193rd)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["John Barrett, III"]
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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: "2023-02-16"
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last_action: "2024-01-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a678d863-5df8-4368-a095-87890e678b96"
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source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/H2030"
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source_hash: "bcb08294c9a0532ae422bb300babb19c39608a122ed7098381ecfc3b5bc2c8fd"
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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 2030 (193rd) — An Act to amend the Williamstown town charter by making all gender references therein gender neutral
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By Representative Barrett of North Adams, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2030) of John Barrett, III (by vote of the town) that the town of Williamstown be authorized to amend the charter of said town by making all gender references therein gender neutral. 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/193/H2030.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- John Barrett, III — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-16** Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-16** Senate concurred
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- **2023-04-04** Hearing scheduled for 04/11/2023 from 11:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-1
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- **2023-05-04** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-18** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
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- **2023-05-18** Rules suspended
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- **2023-05-18** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
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- **2023-06-01** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-06-05** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
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- **2023-07-26** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
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- **2023-12-21** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
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- **2023-12-21** Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-12-26** Enacted `passage`
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- **2023-12-26** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
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- **2024-01-03** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 84 of the Acts of 2023 `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/a678d863-5df8-4368-a095-87890e678b96`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
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