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H4176 • 2025

An Act relative to the charter of the town of Provincetown

An Act relative to the charter of the town of Provincetown

Enacted

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

Sponsor
Luddy, Hadley
Last action
2026-01-30
Official status
Signed by the Governor, Chapter 12 of the Acts of 2026
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act relative to the charter of the town of Provincetown

An Act relative to the charter of the town of Provincetown By Representative Luddy of Orleans and Senator Cyr, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to the charter of the town of Provincetown By Representative Luddy of Orleans and Senator Cyr, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 4176) of Hadley Luddy and Julian Cyr (by vote of the town) relative to town boards in the town of Provincetown.
  • Municipalities and Regional Government.
  • [Local Approval Received.]

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  • 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. 2026-01-30 Executive

    Signed by the Governor, Chapter 12 of the Acts of 2026

  2. 2026-01-22 House

    Enacted

  3. 2026-01-22 Senate

    Enacted and laid before the Governor

  4. 2026-01-20 Senate

    Taken out of the Orders of the Day

  5. 2026-01-20 Senate

    Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed

  6. 2025-09-22 Senate

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

  7. 2025-09-18 House

    Read third and passed to be engrossed

  8. 2025-08-14 House

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

  9. 2025-08-14 House

    Rules suspended

  10. 2025-08-14 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. 2025-06-02 Senate

    Senate concurred

  14. 2025-05-29 House

    Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to the charter of the town of Provincetown
By Representative Luddy of Orleans and Senator Cyr, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4176) of Hadley Luddy and Julian Cyr (by vote of the town) relative to town boards in the town of Provincetown. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]

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Bill H.4176

Section 1.

Subsection of section 4 of chapter 5 of

the charter of the town of Provincetown, as on file in the office of the archivist of the commonwealth in accordance with section 12 of chapter 43B of the General Laws, is hereby amended as follows:-

a.

Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, each town board shall consist of 5 regular members and 2 alternate members, except for the Zoning Board of Appeals and the Planning Board, which may have up to 5 alternate members, and the finance committee, which shall have 7 regular members and 2 alternate members. New members shall not participate in a board meeting until they have been sworn in by the Town Clerk. Alternate members shall have the right in order of seniority on the board to vote at a board meeting in place of a regular member who is absent. While so designated, alternate members shall be eligible to deliberate and vote on all matters to come before their respective boards including without limitation voting on all permits and approvals within the jurisdiction of the Board under the General Laws, this Charter, and the Bylaws and Regulations of the Town, as well as all administrative matters including reorganization of the board, approval of minutes, and adjournment.

Section 2.

This act shall take effect upon its passage;

Or take any other action relative thereto.

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