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MA H 5601

passed one chamber

An Act relative to the department of public works in the town of Barre

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

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Did MA H 5601 pass?

Not yet. MA H 5601 has passed one chamber and awaits action in the other. Latest recorded action (2026-09-28): Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session

What is MA H 5601 about?

MA H 5601 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session (194th General Court) titled “An Act relative to the department of public works in the town of Barre”.

Who sponsors MA H 5601?

Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government is the primary sponsor of MA H 5601, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-09-28 — Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
Bill type
bill
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Sponsors

  • Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Governmentprimary
  • Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr.cosponsor
  • Peter J. Durantcosponsor

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-09-28

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

  2. 2026-09-24

    Read third and passed to be engrossed

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  3. 2026-09-10

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

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  4. 2026-09-10

    Rules suspended

  5. 2026-09-10

    Placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting (under the last sentence of Rule 7A) for a second reading

  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 H5577

  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/H5601

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