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MA H 4135

enacted

An Act amending the town manager act of Arlington relative to the appointment and management of the town clerk

Massachusetts · 2025-2026 Regular Session (194th General Court) · lower

Description

By Representative Garballey of Arlington and Senator Friedman, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4135) of Sean Garballey, Cindy F. Friedman and David M. Rogers (by vote of the town) relative to the appointment and management of the town clerk in the town of Arlington. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]

Introduced
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Status date
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Latest action
2025-11-20 — Signed by the Governor, Chapter 69 of the Acts of 2025
Bill type
bill
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Sponsors

  • Sean Garballeycosponsor
  • Cindy F. Friedmancosponsor
  • David M. Rogerscosponsor

Committees

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Action timeline

  1. 2025-05-12

    Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-05-15

    Senate concurred

  3. 2025-06-03

    Hearing scheduled for 06/10/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1

  4. 2025-07-14

    Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

    committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee

  5. 2025-07-24

    Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting

  6. 2025-07-24

    Rules suspended

  7. 2025-07-24

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

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  8. 2025-10-30

    Read third and passed to be engrossed

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  9. 2025-11-03

    Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session

  10. 2025-11-10

    Taken out of the Orders of the Day

  11. 2025-11-10

    Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed

    passage,reading-2,reading-3

  12. 2025-11-12

    Enacted

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  13. 2025-11-13

    Enacted and laid before the Governor

    passage

  14. 2025-11-20

    Signed by the Governor, Chapter 69 of the Acts of 2025

    executive-signature

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

Official source

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4135

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