H4090 • 2025

An Act relative to the office of district councilor in the city of Boston

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Sponsor: Chynah Tyler
Last action: 2025-11-17
Official status: Placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting (under the last sentence of Rule 7A) for a second reading
Effective date: Not listed

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An Act relative to the office of district councilor in the city of Boston

An Act relative to the office of district councilor in the city of Boston By Representative Tyler of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

An Act relative to the office of district councilor in the city of Boston By Representative Tyler of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
4090) of Chynah Tyler (with the approval of the mayor and city council) relative to the office of district councilor in the city of Boston.
Election Laws.
[Local Approval Received.]

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Bill History

2025-11-17 House
Placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting (under the last sentence of Rule 7A) for a second reading
2025-10-15 House
Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2025-06-27 Joint
Hearing scheduled for 07/08/2025 from 01:00 PM-04:00 PM in B-1
2025-05-12 Senate
Senate concurred
2025-05-05 House
Referred to the committee on Election Laws

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to the office of district councilor in the city of Boston
By Representative Tyler of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4090) of Chynah Tyler (with the approval of the mayor and city council) relative to the office of district councilor in the city of Boston. Election Laws. [Local Approval Received.]

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.4090

SECTION 1.

Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, if a vacancy in an office of district councilor in the city of Boston occurs at any time in the year two thousand and twenty-five, the vacancy shall not be filled by a special municipal election and shall instead be filled by the person elected to the office of district city councillor for said district at the regular municipal election to be held on November 4, 2025.

Such person shall take and subscribe the oaths required by Acts of 1951, c. 376, s. 1.11A, as amended, as soon as conveniently may be after the issuance of the certificate of election and shall hold office from the time of taking and subscribing such oaths until the expiration of their elected term.

SECTION 2.

The provisions of this act are severable and if any provision, or portion thereof, should be held to be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining provisions, which remain in full force and effect.

SECTION 3.

This act shall take effect upon its passage.

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