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H4524 • 2025

An Act changing the name of the board of selectmen in the town of Williamsburg to select board

An Act changing the name of the board of selectmen in the town of Williamsburg to select board

Enacted

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

Sponsor
Sabadosa, Lindsay N.
Last action
2026-04-10
Official status
Signed by the Governor, Chapter 61 of the Acts of 2026
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act changing the name of the board of selectmen in the town of Williamsburg to select board

An Act changing the name of the board of selectmen in the town of Williamsburg to select board By Representative Sabadosa of Northampton and Senator Mark, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act changing the name of the board of selectmen in the town of Williamsburg to select board By Representative Sabadosa of Northampton and Senator Mark, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 4524) of Lindsay N.
  • Sabadosa and Paul W.
  • Mark (by vote of the town) that the town of Williamsburg be authorized to change the name of the board of selectmen to select board.

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. 2026-04-10 Executive

    Signed by the Governor, Chapter 61 of the Acts of 2026

  2. 2026-04-02 House

    Enacted

  3. 2026-04-02 Senate

    Enacted and laid before the Governor

  4. 2026-03-30 Senate

    Taken out of the Orders of the Day

  5. 2026-03-30 Senate

    Read third and passed to be engrossed

  6. 2026-01-15 Senate

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  7. 2025-11-13 Senate

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

  8. 2025-11-10 House

    Read third and passed to be engrossed

  9. 2025-10-16 House

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

  10. 2025-10-16 House

    Rules suspended

  11. 2025-10-16 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. 2025-09-18 Senate

    Senate concurred

  15. 2025-09-15 House

    Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government

Official Summary Text

An Act changing the name of the board of selectmen in the town of Williamsburg to select board
By Representative Sabadosa of Northampton and Senator Mark, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4524) of Lindsay N. Sabadosa and Paul W. Mark (by vote of the town) that the town of Williamsburg be authorized to change the name of the board of selectmen to select board. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]

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Bill H.4524

SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the executive body of the town of Williamsburg, previously known as the board of selectmen, shall be known as the select board and shall have the powers and authority of a board of selectmen under any general or special law and the members of the select board, previously known as selectmen, shall be known as select board members.

SECTION 2. Notwithstanding sections 21 and 32 of chapter 40 of the General Laws, section 5 of chapter 40A of the General Laws, or any other general or special law to the contrary, the select board of the town of Williamsburg may amend the general by-laws and zoning by-laws of the town by majority vote to revise all references to the board of selectmen and selectmen to the select board and select board members, respectively, in accordance with section 1.

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

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