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H4781 • 2025

An Act authorizing Bridgewater town charter amendment for gender neutral language

An Act authorizing Bridgewater town charter amendment for gender neutral language

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Sponsor
Municipalities and Regional Government (J)
Last action
2026-02-12
Official status
Referred to Senate Committee on Bills in the Third Reading
Effective date
Not listed

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An Act authorizing Bridgewater town charter amendment for gender neutral language

An Act authorizing Bridgewater town charter amendment for gender neutral language Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

What This Bill Does

  • An Act authorizing Bridgewater town charter amendment for gender neutral language Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-12 Senate

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  2. 2026-01-15 Senate

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

  3. 2026-01-12 House

    Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed

  4. 2025-12-15 House

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

  5. 2025-12-15 House

    Rules suspended

  6. 2025-12-15 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  7. 2025-11-26 House

    Reported from the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government

  8. 2025-11-26 House

    New draft of H4578

  9. 2025-11-26 House

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

Official Summary Text

An Act authorizing Bridgewater town charter amendment for gender neutral language
Status:
Referred to Senate Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

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Bill H.4781

SECTION 1. Subsection (c) of section 2-3 of the charter of the city known as the town of Bridgewater, 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 word “his” and inserting in place thereof the following word:- their.

SECTION 2. Subsection (a) of section 2-12 of said charter is hereby amended by striking out the word “his” and inserting in place thereof the following word:- their.

SECTION 3. Said subsection (a) of said section 2-12 of said charter is hereby further amended by striking out the word “him” and inserting in place thereof the following word:- them.

SECTION 4. Section 6-1 of said charter is hereby amended by striking out the word “his” and inserting in place thereof the following word:- their.

SECTION 5. This act shall take effect upon approval by majority vote at an annual or special town election of the city known as the town of Bridgewater, but not otherwise.

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