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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act authorizing the town of Orange to increase the membership of the Board of Selectmen"
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description: "By Representative Whipps of Athol and Senator Comerford, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4701) of Susannah M. Whipps and Joanne M. Comerford (by vote of the town) that the town of Orange be authorized to increase the membership of the board of selectmen of 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: "194th"
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identifier: "H 4701"
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citation: "Massachusetts H 4701 (194th)"
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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: 14
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2025-11-03"
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last_action: "2026-03-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/149a9574-5d35-4f10-a0f6-7f0ccec40b32"
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source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4701"
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source_hash: "ea947adbf71eb304eb27ccdd1a2b2dea5e8958bb9828df768016a1bcede5feca"
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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 4701 (194th) — An Act authorizing the town of Orange to increase the membership of the Board of Selectmen
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By Representative Whipps of Athol and Senator Comerford, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4701) of Susannah M. Whipps and Joanne M. Comerford (by vote of the town) that the town of Orange be authorized to increase the membership of the board of selectmen of 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/194/H4701.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- Joanne M. Comerford — cosponsor (person)
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- Susannah M. Whipps — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-11-03** Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government `referral-committee`
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- **2025-11-06** Senate concurred
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- **2025-11-17** Hearing scheduled for 11/17/2025 from 10:00 AM-05:00 PM in Written Testimony Only
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- **2025-12-08** 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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- **2025-12-22** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
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- **2025-12-22** Rules suspended
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- **2025-12-22** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-02** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-05** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
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- **2026-02-25** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
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- **2026-02-25** Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-26** Enacted `passage`
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- **2026-02-26** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
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- **2026-03-05** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 35 of the Acts of 2026 `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/149a9574-5d35-4f10-a0f6-7f0ccec40b32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
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