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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act further amending the charter of the town of Middleton"
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description: "By Representative Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3970) of Bradley H. Jones, Jr., Bruce E. Tarr and Sally P. Kerans (by vote of the town) relative to amending the charter of the town of Middleton. 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 3970"
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citation: "Massachusetts H 3970 (193rd)"
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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: 19
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2023-07-06"
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last_action: "2024-04-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6f8c0cb-f6fa-4513-aad2-20b73f369a47"
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source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/H3970"
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source_hash: "f211ffa73c075f366f3586df7a979d138ceebd7060f58774462649e616d16a23"
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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 3970 (193rd) — An Act further amending the charter of the town of Middleton
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By Representative Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3970) of Bradley H. Jones, Jr., Bruce E. Tarr and Sally P. Kerans (by vote of the town) relative to amending the charter of the town of Middleton. 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/H3970.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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- Sally P. Kerans — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-07-06** Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government `referral-committee`
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- **2023-07-10** Senate concurred
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- **2023-09-19** Hearing scheduled for 09/26/2023 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1
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- **2023-10-16** Bill reported favorably by committee as changed and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2023-10-23** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
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- **2023-10-23** Rules suspended
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- **2023-10-23** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
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- **2023-11-06** Read third, amended and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-11-09** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
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- **2024-01-11** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
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- **2024-04-01** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
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- **2024-04-01** Read third `reading-3`
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- **2024-04-01** Amended by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S2716 `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-04-01** Passed to be engrossed `passage`
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- **2024-04-03** Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading `referral-committee`
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- **2024-04-11** House concurred in the Senate amendment
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- **2024-04-16** Enacted `passage`
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- **2024-04-16** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
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- **2024-04-24** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 83 of the Acts of 2024 `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/c6f8c0cb-f6fa-4513-aad2-20b73f369a47`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
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