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H4751 • 2025

An Act relative to the charter of the town of Westborough

An Act relative to the charter of the town of Westborough

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Sponsor
Donaghue, Kate
Last action
2026-03-19
Official status
Referred to Senate Committee on Bills in the Third Reading
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 relative to the charter of the town of Westborough

An Act relative to the charter of the town of Westborough By Representatives Donaghue of Westborough and Kane of Shrewsbury, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to the charter of the town of Westborough By Representatives Donaghue of Westborough and Kane of Shrewsbury, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 4751) of Kate Donaghue, Hannah Kane and Michael O.
  • Moore (by vote of the town) relative to the charter of the town of Westborough.
  • 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. 2026-03-19 Senate

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  2. 2026-02-25 Senate

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

  3. 2026-02-19 House

    Read third and passed to be engrossed

  4. 2026-01-29 House

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

  5. 2026-01-29 House

    Rules suspended

  6. 2026-01-29 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  7. 2026-01-05 House

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

  8. 2025-11-26 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 11/26/2025 from 10:00 AM-05:00 PM in Written Testimony Only

  9. 2025-11-19 Senate

    Senate concurred

  10. 2025-11-17 House

    Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to the charter of the town of Westborough
By Representatives Donaghue of Westborough and Kane of Shrewsbury, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4751) of Kate Donaghue, Hannah Kane and Michael O. Moore (by vote of the town) relative to the charter of the town of Westborough. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]
Status:
Referred to Senate Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.4751

SECTION 1. Section 2-8 of the charter of the town of Westborough, which is on file in the office of the archivist of the commonwealth, as provided in section 12 of chapter 43B of the General Laws, is hereby amended by striking out the fourth sentence of said section in its entirety and inserting in place thereof the following sentence: - The Select Board shall place on the warrant for Annual Town Meeting any article requested in writing by town boards and officers, or by not less than fifty registered voters of the town.

SECTION 2. Section 2-8 of the charter of the town of Westborough, which is on file in the office of the archivist of the commonwealth, as provided in section 12 of chapter 43B of the General Laws, is hereby further amended by striking out the eighth sentence of said section in its entirety and inserting in place thereof the following sentence: - Warrants and articles for a special Town Meeting shall follow the procedures under the General Laws.

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

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