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H4763 • 2025

An Act validating the results of the annual election held in the town of Bourne on May 20, 2025

An Act validating the results of the annual election held in the town of Bourne on May 20, 2025

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

Sponsor
Healey, Maura T.
Last action
2026-03-25
Official status
Signed by the Governor, Chapter 44 of the Acts of 2026
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act validating the results of the annual election held in the town of Bourne on May 20, 2025

An Act validating the results of the annual election held in the town of Bourne on May 20, 2025 Message from Her Excellency the Governor (under the provisions of Section 8 of Article LXXXIX of the Amendments to the Constitution) recommending legislation relative to validating the results of the annual election held in the town of Bourne on May 20, 2025.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act validating the results of the annual election held in the town of Bourne on May 20, 2025 Message from Her Excellency the Governor (under the provisions of Section 8 of Article LXXXIX of the Amendments to the Constitution) recommending legislation relative to validating the results of the annual election held in the town of Bourne on May 20, 2025.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-25 Executive

    Signed by the Governor, Chapter 44 of the Acts of 2026

  2. 2026-03-16 House

    Emergency preamble adopted

  3. 2026-03-16 Senate

    Emergency preamble adopted

  4. 2026-03-16 House

    Enacted

  5. 2026-03-16 Senate

    Enacted and laid before the Governor

  6. 2026-03-12 Senate

    Taken out of the Orders of the Day

  7. 2026-03-12 Senate

    Read third and passed to be engrossed

  8. 2026-03-05 Senate

    Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading

  9. 2026-03-02 House

    Read third and passed to be engrossed

  10. 2026-02-12 House

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

  11. 2026-02-12 House

    Rules suspended

  12. 2026-02-12 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  13. 2026-02-09 House

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

  14. 2025-12-10 Joint

    Hearing rescheduled to 12/15/2025 from 09:00 AM-05:00 PM in Written Testimony Only Hearing date changed

  15. 2025-12-03 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 12/12/2025 from 09:00 AM-05:00 PM in Written Testimony Only

  16. 2025-11-19 Senate

    Senate concurred

  17. 2025-11-18 House

    Referred to the committee on Election Laws

Official Summary Text

An Act validating the results of the annual election held in the town of Bourne on May 20, 2025
Message from Her Excellency the Governor (under the provisions of Section 8 of Article LXXXIX of the Amendments to the Constitution) recommending legislation relative to validating the results of the annual election held in the town of Bourne on May 20, 2025.

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.4763

SECTION 1.

Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, all acts and proceedings taken by the town of Bourne at the annual town election held on May 20, 2025 and all actions taken pursuant thereto are hereby ratified, validated and confirmed, notwithstanding any failure to include the form of the proposition two and one-half, so-called, debt exclusion question in the posted warrants for said election.

SECTION 2.

This act shall take effect upon its passage.

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