H829 • 2025

An Act Bridgewater town charter article II, legislative branch, term limits

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Sponsor: Dennis C. Gallagher
Last action: 2026-03-19
Official status: Accompanied a study order, see H5253 (under House Rule 27)
Effective date: Not listed

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An Act Bridgewater town charter article II, legislative branch, term limits

An Act Bridgewater town charter article II, legislative branch, term limits By Representative Gallagher of Bridgewater, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

An Act Bridgewater town charter article II, legislative branch, term limits By Representative Gallagher of Bridgewater, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
829) of Dennis C.
Gallagher (by vote of the town) relative to term limits in the town of Bridgewater.
Election Laws.

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Bill History

2026-03-19 House
Accompanied a study order, see H5253 (under House Rule 27)
2025-04-28 Joint
Hearing scheduled for 05/06/2025 from 01:00 PM-04:00 PM in B-1
2025-02-27 House
Referred to the committee on Election Laws
2025-02-27 Senate
Senate concurred
House
Reported by committee to Clerk’s Office for processing, will accompany a study order

Official Summary Text

An Act Bridgewater town charter article II, legislative branch, term limits
By Representative Gallagher of Bridgewater, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 829) of Dennis C. Gallagher (by vote of the town) relative to term limits in the town of Bridgewater. Election Laws. [Local Approval Received.]

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Bill H.829

ORDERED, that the Town Council assembled votes to amend the Bridgewater Home Rule Charter, Article II, Section 2-12 and to send said amendment to the State Legislature as a Special Act as follows:

Section 2-12(b) shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

(b) Term Limits –

(1) No person shall be eligible to be elected or appointed as a District Council member of the Town Council if, at any point during the term of office for which the person may be elected or appointed, the service of the eligible person would exceed four District Councilor elections terms or appointments to the Town Council.

(2) No person shall be eligible to be elected or appointed as an At-large Council member of the Town Council if, at any point during the term of office for which the person may be elected or appointed, the service of the eligible person would exceed four elections terms or appointments to the Town Council.

(3) For the purpose of this section, prior service as an At-Large Councilor shall not prevent seeking election as a District Councilor. Prior service as a District Councilor shall not prevent seeking election as an At-Large Councilor.

(4) A term lasting less than 24 months shall not be included in calculating the total number of terms served by a member of the Town Council.

Said Amendment shall only become effective and is contingent upon approval by the Town Council, the State Legislature and the voters of the Town of Bridgewater.

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