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H4158 • 2025

An Act expanding the select board of the town of Weston

An Act expanding the select board of the town of Weston

Enacted

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

Sponsor
Peisch, Alice Hanlon
Last action
2025-10-08
Official status
Signed by the Governor, Chapter 38 of the Acts of 2025
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

An Act expanding the select board of the town of Weston

An Act expanding the select board of the town of Weston By Representative Peisch of Wellesley and Senator Barrett, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act expanding the select board of the town of Weston By Representative Peisch of Wellesley and Senator Barrett, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 4158) of Alice Hanlon Peisch (by vote of the town) that the town of Weston be authorized to expand its select board from three to five members.
  • Municipalities and Regional Government.
  • [Local Approval Received.]

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. 2025-10-08 Executive

    Signed by the Governor, Chapter 38 of the Acts of 2025

  2. 2025-09-29 House

    Enacted

  3. 2025-09-29 Senate

    Enacted and laid before the Governor

  4. 2025-09-25 Senate

    Taken out of the Orders of the Day

  5. 2025-09-25 Senate

    Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed

  6. 2025-08-04 Senate

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

  7. 2025-07-31 House

    Read third and passed to be engrossed

  8. 2025-07-23 House

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

  9. 2025-07-23 House

    Rules suspended

  10. 2025-07-23 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  11. 2025-07-16 House

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

  12. 2025-06-17 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 06/24/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1

  13. 2025-05-29 Senate

    Senate concurred

  14. 2025-05-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government

Official Summary Text

An Act expanding the select board of the town of Weston
By Representative Peisch of Wellesley and Senator Barrett, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4158) of Alice Hanlon Peisch (by vote of the town) that the town of Weston be authorized to expand its select board from three to five members. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.4158

SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, there shall be in the town of Weston a select board consisting of five members. The select board shall serve as the chief executive officer and policy-making body of the town and have and exercise all the powers and duties vested in boards of selectmen pursuant to the General Laws. Select board members shall serve for 3-year terms with as nearly as possible one-third of the members’ terms expiring each year.

SECTION 2. This act will be submitted to the voters of the town of Weston at a special election occurring not less than 35 days after the effective date of this act in the form of the following question:

“Shall an act passed by the General Court entitled ‘An Act expanding the select board of the town of Weston’ be accepted?”

Below the question shall appear a summary of the act prepared by town counsel and approved by the select board. If a majority of the votes cast to the question is in the affirmative, sections 1 and 3 of this act shall take effect in the town of Weston, but not otherwise.

SECTION 3. If the ballot question authorized by Section 2 of this act shall be approved by the voters, two new offices of select board member shall be included on the ballot at the 2026 annual town election, one for a 3-year term and one for a 2-year term.

The new offices shall appear on the ballot along with the 3-year term expiring in 2026 with instructions to voters to “vote for 3” and such other information as will aid the voters.

The two candidates receiving the highest number of votes at the election shall serve for terms of three years, and the candidate receiving the next highest number of votes shall serve a term of two years.

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

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