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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act providing for recall elections in the town of Rutland"
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description: "By Mr. Durant and Ms.Ferguson of Holden, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2789) of Peter J. Durant and Kimberly N. Ferguson (by vote of the town) for legislation to provide recall elections in the town of Rutland. Election Laws. [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 2789"
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citation: "Massachusetts S 2789 (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: 16
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2025-12-04"
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last_action: "2026-05-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6588eca9-f438-4510-b1a9-824e33ca81a5"
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source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S2789"
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source_hash: "c3497dda4b218f2b872845b739674e792d3131df03b73df66d2615e66a4035f3"
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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 2789 (194th) — An Act providing for recall elections in the town of Rutland
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By Mr. Durant and Ms.Ferguson of Holden, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2789) of Peter J. Durant and Kimberly N. Ferguson (by vote of the town) for legislation to provide recall elections in the town of Rutland. Election Laws. [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/S2789.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- Kimberly N. Ferguson — cosponsor (person)
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- Peter J. Durant — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-12-04** Referred to the committee on Election Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2025-12-08** House concurred
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- **2025-12-10** Hearing scheduled for 12/12/2025 from 09:00 AM-05:00 PM in Written Testimony Only
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- **2025-12-10** Hearing rescheduled to 12/15/2025 from 09:00 AM-05:00 PM in Written Testimony Only Hearing date changed
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- **2026-01-15** Bill reported favorably by committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-01-15** Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2026-03-19** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
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- **2026-03-19** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-03-23** Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `referral-committee`
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- **2026-04-09** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
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- **2026-04-09** Rules suspended
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- **2026-04-09** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
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- **2026-04-30** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-05-04** Enacted `passage`
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- **2026-05-04** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
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- **2026-05-13** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 79 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/6588eca9-f438-4510-b1a9-824e33ca81a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
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