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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act relative to special town meetings petitioned for by residents of the town of Andover"
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description: "By Mr. Finegold, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2544) of Barry R. Finegold (by vote of the town) relative to special town meetings petitioned for by residents of the town of Andover. 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: "S 2544"
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citation: "Massachusetts S 2544 (194th)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Barry R. Finegold"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2025-06-30"
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last_action: "2026-05-19"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/546d1e13-22ac-452c-890f-0353053c49d7"
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source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S2544"
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source_hash: "c650d5baa7a21b0e103964eb7f803d8c40f3179402ffd7e96fe624d8625e5508"
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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 S 2544 (194th) — An Act relative to special town meetings petitioned for by residents of the town of Andover
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By Mr. Finegold, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2544) of Barry R. Finegold (by vote of the town) relative to special town meetings petitioned for by residents of the town of Andover. 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/S2544.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- Barry R. Finegold — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-06-30** Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government `referral-committee`
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- **2025-07-03** House concurred
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- **2025-07-09** Hearing scheduled for 07/22/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1
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- **2025-07-31** Bill reported favorably by committee and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-10-16** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-30** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
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- **2026-03-30** Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-04-02** Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `referral-committee`
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- **2026-04-30** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
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- **2026-04-30** Rules suspended
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- **2026-04-30** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
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- **2026-05-07** Read third, amended and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-05-11** Rules suspended
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- **2026-05-11** Senate concurred in the House amendment
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- **2026-05-14** Enacted `passage`
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- **2026-05-14** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
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- **2026-05-19** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 83 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/546d1e13-22ac-452c-890f-0353053c49d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
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