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H4244 • 2025

An Act authorizing the town of Hingham to utilize alternative methods for publication of legal notices

An Act authorizing the town of Hingham to utilize alternative methods for publication of legal notices

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Sponsor
Meschino, Joan
Last action
2025-08-28
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act authorizing the town of Hingham to utilize alternative methods for publication of legal notices

An Act authorizing the town of Hingham to utilize alternative methods for publication of legal notices By Representative Meschino of Hull and Senator O'Connor, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act authorizing the town of Hingham to utilize alternative methods for publication of legal notices By Representative Meschino of Hull and Senator O'Connor, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 4244) of Joan Meschino (by vote of the town) that the town of Hingham be authorized to utilize alternative methods for publication of legal notices.
  • Municipalities and Regional Government.
  • [Local Approval Received.] Status: Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

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Bill History

  1. 2025-08-28 House

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

  2. 2025-08-28 House

    Rules suspended

  3. 2025-08-28 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  4. 2025-08-04 House

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

  5. 2025-07-09 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 07/22/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1

  6. 2025-07-03 Senate

    Senate concurred

  7. 2025-06-30 House

    Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government

Official Summary Text

An Act authorizing the town of Hingham to utilize alternative methods for publication of legal notices
By Representative Meschino of Hull and Senator O'Connor, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4244) of Joan Meschino (by vote of the town) that the town of Hingham be authorized to utilize alternative methods for publication of legal notices. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.4244

SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law or town by-law to the contrary, whenever the town of Hingham is required by a general or special law or town by-law to publish a legal notice in a newspaper of general circulation, the town of Hingham may utilize the alternative means of publishing said legal notice as provided in section 2.

SECTION 2. The town of Hingham may publish a legal notice on the bulletin board or electronic visual display outside the town clerk's office and: (i) in a local newspaper, in either electronic or paper format; or (ii) on the town's website. For the purposes of this section, the term "website" shall mean the official website of the town of Hingham that is operated and maintained by the town's municipal government.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

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