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H3596 • 2025

An Act related to local and regional cultural council membership

An Act related to local and regional cultural council membership

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Sponsor
Steven J. Ouellette
Last action
2026-01-12
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 related to local and regional cultural council membership

An Act related to local and regional cultural council membership By Representative Ouellette of Westport, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act related to local and regional cultural council membership By Representative Ouellette of Westport, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 3596) of Steven J.
  • Ouellette relative to local and regional cultural council membership.
  • Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development.

Limits and Unknowns

  • 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. 2026-01-12 House

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

  2. 2026-01-12 House

    Rules suspended

  3. 2026-01-12 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  4. 2025-12-24 House

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

  5. 2025-10-16 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 10/21/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-2

  6. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development

  7. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act related to local and regional cultural council membership
By Representative Ouellette of Westport, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3596) of Steven J. Ouellette relative to local and regional cultural council membership. Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.3596

Section 58 of Chapter 10 of the General Laws, as so appearing in the 2020 official edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word "terms" in line 30, the following: "or three consecutive terms for local and regional cultural councils representing a population of 15,000 or less."

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