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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act increasing the membership of the select board of the town of Merrimac from 3 members to 5 members"
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description: "By Representative Shand of Newburyport and Senator Finegold, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4097) of Dawne Shand and Barry R. Finegold (by vote of the town) that the town of Merrimac be authorized to increase the number of select board members in said town. 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 4097"
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citation: "Massachusetts H 4097 (193rd)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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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: "2023-09-18"
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last_action: "2024-03-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/953f92c0-8d05-48d4-b90c-460463ef3ebf"
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source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/H4097"
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source_hash: "4d3b374ff0ed22015c3ffeffd5360b6105151517e2444da350e059ba31f48cf1"
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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 4097 (193rd) — An Act increasing the membership of the select board of the town of Merrimac from 3 members to 5 members
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By Representative Shand of Newburyport and Senator Finegold, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4097) of Dawne Shand and Barry R. Finegold (by vote of the town) that the town of Merrimac be authorized to increase the number of select board members in said town. 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/H4097.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- Barry R. Finegold — cosponsor (person)
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- Dawne Shand — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-09-18** Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government `referral-committee`
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- **2023-09-21** Senate concurred
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- **2023-10-09** Hearing scheduled for 10/17/2023 from 11:00 AM-01:00 PM in B-1
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- **2023-12-28** 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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- **2024-01-16** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
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- **2024-01-16** Rules suspended
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- **2024-01-16** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-01** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-05** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
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- **2024-03-14** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
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- **2024-03-18** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
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- **2024-03-18** Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-03-21** Enacted `passage`
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- **2024-03-21** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
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- **2024-03-27** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 62 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/953f92c0-8d05-48d4-b90c-460463ef3ebf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
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