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H4347 • 2025

An Act relative to the Williamstown Library Trustees

An Act relative to the Williamstown Library Trustees

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Sponsor
John Barrett, III
Last action
2025-10-23
Official status
Referred to Senate Committee on Bills in the Third Reading
Effective date
Not listed

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An Act relative to the Williamstown Library Trustees

An Act relative to the Williamstown Library Trustees By Representative Barrett of North Adams, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to the Williamstown Library Trustees By Representative Barrett of North Adams, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 4347) of John Barrett, III (by vote of the town) relative to the terms of library trustees in the town of Williamstown.
  • Municipalities and Regional Government.
  • [Local Approval Received.] Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

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Bill History

  1. 2025-10-23 Senate

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  2. 2025-10-14 Senate

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

  3. 2025-10-09 House

    Read third and passed to be engrossed

  4. 2025-09-18 House

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

  5. 2025-09-18 House

    Rules suspended

  6. 2025-09-18 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  7. 2025-09-08 House

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

  8. 2025-08-14 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 08/14/2025 from 10:00 AM-5:00 PM in Written Testimony Only

  9. 2025-07-31 Senate

    Senate concurred

  10. 2025-07-28 House

    Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to the Williamstown Library Trustees
By Representative Barrett of North Adams, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4347) of John Barrett, III (by vote of the town) relative to the terms of library trustees in the town of Williamstown. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]
Status:
Referred to Senate Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

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Bill H.4347

SECTION 1. Notwithstanding chapter 78 of the general laws or of any other general or special law or charter provision of the town of Williamstown to the contrary, the terms of office for the board of library trustees for the town of Williamstown shall be staggered as follows:

of the four library trustee terms that are up for election in 2028, one of these terms to be chosen by the select board shall be reelected for a one-time term of two years in order to align with the single trustee term that is up for election in 2030, and thereafter, shall resume being a three-year turstee term up for election in 20230;

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

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