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MA H 5600

passed one chamber

An Act establishing the term of office for the town manager of the town of Bridgewater

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

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Did MA H 5600 pass?

Not yet. MA H 5600 has passed one chamber and awaits action in the other. Latest recorded action (2026-09-21): Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session

What is MA H 5600 about?

MA H 5600 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session (194th General Court) titled “An Act establishing the term of office for the town manager of the town of Bridgewater”.

Who sponsors MA H 5600?

Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government is the primary sponsor of MA H 5600, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-09-21 — Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
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Sponsors

  • Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Governmentprimary
  • Dennis C. Gallaghercosponsor

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-09-21

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

  2. 2026-09-17

    Read third and passed to be engrossed

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  3. 2026-08-20

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

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  4. 2026-08-20

    Rules suspended

  5. 2026-08-20

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

  6. 2026-07-30

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

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  7. 2026-07-30

    New draft of H5545

  8. 2026-07-30

    Reported from the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government

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Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5600

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