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MA H 4243

enacted

An Act to amend the town charter of Ipswich

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

Description

By Representative Kassner of Hamilton and Senator Tarr, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4243) of Kristin E. Kassner (by vote of the town) relative to the town manager residency requirement in the town of Ipswich. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]

Introduced
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Status date
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Latest action
2025-11-24 — Signed by the Governor, Chapter 71 of the Acts of 2025
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Kristin E. Kassnercosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-06-30

    Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-07-03

    Senate concurred

  3. 2025-07-09

    Hearing scheduled for 07/22/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1

  4. 2025-08-04

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

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  5. 2025-09-02

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

  6. 2025-09-02

    Rules suspended

  7. 2025-09-02

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

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  8. 2025-10-02

    Read third (title changed), amended and passed to be engrossed

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  9. 2025-10-06

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

  10. 2025-10-23

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

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  11. 2025-11-13

    Read third

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  12. 2025-11-13

    Amended (Tarr) by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S2719

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  13. 2025-11-13

    Passed to be engrossed

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  14. 2025-11-13

    Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading

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  15. 2025-11-19

    House concurred in the Senate amendment

  16. 2025-11-19

    Enacted

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  17. 2025-11-19

    Enacted and laid before the Governor

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  18. 2025-11-24

    Signed by the Governor, Chapter 71 of the Acts of 2025

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Versions

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Votes

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Related bills

Official source

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4243

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