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MA H 4263

enacted

An Act establishing a charter for the city of Medford

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

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Did MA H 4263 pass?

Yes. MA H 4263 has been enacted into law as of 2025-09-19. Latest recorded action (2025-09-19): Signed by the Governor, Chapter 30 of the Acts of 2025

What is MA H 4263 about?

MA H 4263 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session (194th General Court) titled “An Act establishing a charter for the city of Medford”.

Who sponsors MA H 4263?

Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government is the primary sponsor of MA H 4263, joined by 3 cosponsors.

Introduced
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Latest action
2025-09-19 — Signed by the Governor, Chapter 30 of the Acts of 2025
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Sponsors

  • Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Governmentprimary
  • Paul J. Donatocosponsor
  • Christine P. Barbercosponsor
  • Sean Garballeycosponsor

Committees

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Action timeline

  1. 2025-07-16

    Reported from the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government

  2. 2025-07-16

    New draft of H4146

  3. 2025-07-16

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

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  4. 2025-07-21

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

  5. 2025-07-21

    Rules suspended

  6. 2025-07-21

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

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  7. 2025-08-14

    Read third and passed to be engrossed

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  8. 2025-08-18

    Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading

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  9. 2025-09-04

    Taken out of the Orders of the Day

  10. 2025-09-04

    Read third

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  11. 2025-09-04

    Amended (Jehlen) by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S2597

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  12. 2025-09-04

    Passed to be engrossed

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  13. 2025-09-08

    Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading

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  14. 2025-09-11

    House concurred in the Senate amendment with a further amendment

  15. 2025-09-11

    Rules suspended

  16. 2025-09-11

    Senate concurred in the House further amendment

  17. 2025-09-11

    Enacted

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  18. 2025-09-11

    Enacted and laid before the Governor

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  19. 2025-09-19

    Signed by the Governor, Chapter 30 of the Acts of 2025

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Votes

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Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4263

Attribution

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