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H4004 • 2025

An Act validating the results of the special election held in the town of Hardwick on January 18, 2025

An Act validating the results of the special election held in the town of Hardwick on January 18, 2025

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This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Healey, Maura T.
Last action
2025-08-20
Official status
Signed by the Governor, Chapter 18 of the Acts of 2025
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act validating the results of the special election held in the town of Hardwick on January 18, 2025

An Act validating the results of the special election held in the town of Hardwick on January 18, 2025 Message from Her Excellency the Governor (under Section 8 of Article LXXXIX of the Amendments to the Constitution) recommending legislation relative to validating the results of the special election held in the town of Hardwick on January 18, 2025.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act validating the results of the special election held in the town of Hardwick on January 18, 2025 Message from Her Excellency the Governor (under Section 8 of Article LXXXIX of the Amendments to the Constitution) recommending legislation relative to validating the results of the special election held in the town of Hardwick on January 18, 2025.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-08-20 Executive

    Signed by the Governor, Chapter 18 of the Acts of 2025

  2. 2025-08-18 House

    Enacted

  3. 2025-08-14 Senate

    Taken out of the Orders of the Day

  4. 2025-08-14 Senate

    Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed

  5. 2025-07-24 Senate

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

  6. 2025-07-23 House

    Read third and passed to be engrossed

  7. 2025-07-14 House

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

  8. 2025-07-14 House

    Rules suspended

  9. 2025-07-14 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  10. 2025-07-10 House

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

  11. 2025-04-28 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 05/06/2025 from 01:00 PM-04:00 PM in B-1

  12. 2025-04-07 Senate

    Senate concurred

  13. 2025-04-03 House

    Read; and referred to the committee on Election Laws

Official Summary Text

An Act validating the results of the special election held in the town of Hardwick on January 18, 2025
Message from Her Excellency the Governor (under Section 8 of Article LXXXIX of the Amendments to the Constitution) recommending legislation relative to validating the results of the special election held in the town of Hardwick on January 18, 2025.

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.4004

SECTION 1.

Notwithstanding any general or special law or town bylaw or charter provision to the contrary, all acts and proceedings taken by the town of Hardwick at the special election held on January 18, 2025, and all actions taken pursuant thereto, are hereby ratified, validated and confirmed to the same extent as if the town had complied with the statutory requirement to conduct the election no later than 90 days after the date of the close of the town meeting at which an appropriation vote was adopted.

SECTION 2.

This act shall take effect upon its passage.

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