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H4504 • 2025

An Act making the charter of the county on Nantucket gender neutral

An Act making the charter of the county on Nantucket gender neutral

Enacted

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

Sponsor
Moakley, Thomas W.
Last action
2026-04-03
Official status
Signed by the Governor, Chapter 54 of the Acts of 2026
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act making the charter of the county on Nantucket gender neutral

An Act making the charter of the county on Nantucket gender neutral By Representative Moakley of Falmouth and Senator Cyr, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act making the charter of the county on Nantucket gender neutral By Representative Moakley of Falmouth and Senator Cyr, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 4504) of Thomas W.
  • Moakley (by vote of the town) for legislation to make the charter of the county on Nantucket gender neutral.
  • Municipalities and Regional Government.

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. 2026-04-03 Executive

    Signed by the Governor, Chapter 54 of the Acts of 2026

  2. 2026-03-26 Senate

    Enacted and laid before the Governor

  3. 2026-03-18 House

    Enacted

  4. 2026-03-16 Senate

    Taken out of the Orders of the Day

  5. 2026-03-16 Senate

    Read third and passed to be engrossed

  6. 2026-01-29 Senate

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  7. 2025-12-18 Senate

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

  8. 2025-12-15 House

    Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed

  9. 2025-11-10 House

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

  10. 2025-11-10 House

    Rules suspended

  11. 2025-11-10 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  12. 2025-10-14 House

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

  13. 2025-09-23 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 09/23/2025 from 02:00 PM-02:00 PM in Written Testimony Only

  14. 2025-09-15 Senate

    Senate concurred

  15. 2025-09-11 House

    Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government

Official Summary Text

An Act making the charter of the county on Nantucket gender neutral
By Representative Moakley of Falmouth and Senator Cyr, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4504) of Thomas W. Moakley (by vote of the town) for legislation to make the charter of the county on Nantucket gender neutral. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.4504

SECTION 1.

The first sentence of section 2.2 of article II of the charter of the county of Nantucket is hereby amended by striking out the word “Selectmen,” and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the following words:- select board members.

SECTION 2.

Section 2.2 of said article II of said charter is hereby further amended by adding the following clause:-

The select board shall have the full role of and all of the powers and authority of a board of selectmen under any general or special law and its members and officers shall have the full role of and all of the powers and authority of the members and officers of a board of selectmen under any general or special law.

SECTION 3.

The first paragraph of section 2.3 of said article II of said charter is hereby amended by striking out the words “Board of Selectmen,” in each instance in which they appear, and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the following words:- select board.

SECTION 4.

Subsection (d) of section 2.8 of said article II of said charter is hereby amended by striking out the words “Board of Selectmen” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- select board.

SECTION 5.

This act shall take effect upon its passage.

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