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H4057 • 2025

An Act to authorize the mayor of the city of Haverhill to submit special legislation to increase the membership of the board of health from three members to five members

An Act to authorize the mayor of the city of Haverhill to submit special legislation to increase the membership of the board of health from three members to five members

Enacted

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

Sponsor
Andres X. Vargas
Last action
2026-05-08
Official status
Signed by the Governor, Chapter 72 of the Acts of 2026
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on how new members will be chosen or their roles, nor does it specify an exact effective date for the act.

Act to Increase Haverhill Board of Health Members

This act allows the mayor of Haverhill to increase the number of members in the city's board of health from three to five.

What This Bill Does

  • Allows the mayor of Haverhill to add two more members to the board of health, making it have five members instead of three.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The mayor of Haverhill
  • The board of health in Haverhill

Terms To Know

Board of Health
A group that helps keep the city healthy by making rules and checking on public safety.
Mayor
The leader of a city who makes important decisions for the community.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify when exactly the act will take effect.
  • Does not explain how the new members will be chosen or what their roles are.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-08 Executive

    Signed by the Governor, Chapter 72 of the Acts of 2026

  2. 2026-04-30 Senate

    Enacted and laid before the Governor

  3. 2026-04-27 House

    Enacted

  4. 2026-04-23 Senate

    Taken out of the Orders of the Day

  5. 2026-04-23 Senate

    Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed

  6. 2025-10-16 Senate

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  7. 2025-09-08 Senate

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

  8. 2025-09-04 House

    Read third and passed to be engrossed

  9. 2025-08-11 House

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

  10. 2025-08-11 House

    Rules suspended

  11. 2025-08-11 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  12. 2025-07-14 House

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

  13. 2025-06-03 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 06/10/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1

  14. 2025-04-28 Senate

    Senate concurred

  15. 2025-04-24 House

    Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government

Official Summary Text

An Act to authorize the mayor of the city of Haverhill to submit special legislation to increase the membership of the board of health from three members to five members
By Representative Vargas of Haverhill, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4057) of Andres X. Vargas (with the approval of the mayor and city council) that the city of Haverhill be authorized to increase the membership of the board of health in said city from three members to five members. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.4057

SECTION 1. Notwithstanding section 26 of chapter 111 of the General Laws, the city of Haverhill may be authorized to increase the membership of the board of health from three (3) members to five (5) members. Said members shall be appointed by the mayor with the approval of the city council.

SECTION 2. During the month of January, annually following the effective date of this act, the mayor shall appoint one member of the board of health for a term of three years to serve from the first Monday of the following February. The mayor shall appoint a second member of the board of health for a term of two years to serve from the First Monday of the following February. Thereafter, as the terms of the board of health expire, successors shall be appointed for terms of 3 years.

SECTION 3. That the general court may make clerical or editorial changes of form only to the bill, unless the mayor approves amendments to the bill before enactment by the general court and provided further that the mayor is hereby authorized to approve amendments which shall be within the scope of the general public objectives of this petition.

SECTION 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

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