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H4701 • 2025

An Act authorizing the town of Orange to increase the membership of the Board of Selectmen

An Act authorizing the town of Orange to increase the membership of the Board of Selectmen

Enacted

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

Sponsor
Whipps, Susannah M.
Last action
2026-03-05
Official status
Signed by the Governor, Chapter 35 of the Acts of 2026
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

An Act authorizing the town of Orange to increase the membership of the Board of Selectmen

An Act authorizing the town of Orange to increase the membership of the Board of Selectmen By Representative Whipps of Athol and Senator Comerford, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act authorizing the town of Orange to increase the membership of the Board of Selectmen By Representative Whipps of Athol and Senator Comerford, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 4701) of Susannah M.
  • Whipps and Joanne M.
  • Comerford (by vote of the town) that the town of Orange be authorized to increase the membership of the board of selectmen of said town.

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. 2026-03-05 Executive

    Signed by the Governor, Chapter 35 of the Acts of 2026

  2. 2026-02-26 House

    Enacted

  3. 2026-02-26 Senate

    Enacted and laid before the Governor

  4. 2026-02-25 Senate

    Taken out of the Orders of the Day

  5. 2026-02-25 Senate

    Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed

  6. 2026-02-05 Senate

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

  7. 2026-02-02 House

    Read third and passed to be engrossed

  8. 2025-12-22 House

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

  9. 2025-12-22 House

    Rules suspended

  10. 2025-12-22 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  11. 2025-12-08 House

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

  12. 2025-11-17 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 11/17/2025 from 10:00 AM-05:00 PM in Written Testimony Only

  13. 2025-11-06 Senate

    Senate concurred

  14. 2025-11-03 House

    Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government

Official Summary Text

An Act authorizing the town of Orange to increase the membership of the Board of Selectmen
By Representative Whipps of Athol and Senator Comerford, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4701) of Susannah M. Whipps and Joanne M. Comerford (by vote of the town) that the town of Orange be authorized to increase the membership of the board of selectmen of said town. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.4701

SECTION 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1 of Chapter 41 or of any general or special law to the contrary, there shall be in the Town of Orange a 5-member Board of Selectmen, with each member to be elected for terms of three years so arranged so that the term of at least 1 member shall expire each year. The Board of Selectmen, as the Chief Executive Officer of the Town, shall have the powers and duties of a Board of Selectmen under the provisions of any general or special law.

SECTION 2. Action taken by the Board of Selectmen and the town meeting increasing the size of the Board of Selectmen shall hereby be ratified, validated, and confirmed to the same extent as if the act had been in place prior thereto.

SECTION 3. Members of the Board of Selectmen serving as of the effective date of this Act shall continue to serve out the remainder of their unexpired terms or sooner vacating of the office.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its passage.

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