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H3423 • 2025

An Act relative to charter school procurement

An Act relative to charter school procurement

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Sponsor
Ultrino, Steven
Last action
2025-11-17
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act relative to charter school procurement

An Act relative to charter school procurement By Representatives Ultrino of Malden and Donato of Medford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to charter school procurement By Representatives Ultrino of Malden and Donato of Medford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 3423) of Steven Ultrino and Paul J.
  • Donato relative to charter schools and the uniform procurement act.
  • State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.

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  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-11-17 House

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

  2. 2025-11-17 House

    Rules suspended

  3. 2025-11-17 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  4. 2025-10-20 House

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

  5. 2025-07-03 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 07/15/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1

  6. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight

  7. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to charter school procurement
By Representatives Ultrino of Malden and Donato of Medford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3423) of Steven Ultrino and Paul J. Donato relative to charter schools and the uniform procurement act. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.3423

SECTION 1. Section 2 of chapter 30B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the definition of “Governmental body” and inserting in place thereof the following definition:-

“Governmental body”, (i) a city, town, district, regional school district, county, or agency, board, commission, authority, department or instrumentality of a city, town, district, regional school district or county; or (ii) a charter school, as defined in section 89 of chapter 71.

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