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S2510 • 2025

An Act relative to the election of the mayor, city councilor and school committee in the city of Brockton

An Act relative to the election of the mayor, city councilor and school committee in the city of Brockton

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Sponsor
Michael D. Brady
Last action
2026-02-12
Official status
New draft substituted, see S2957
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act relative to the election of the mayor, city councilor and school committee in the city of Brockton

An Act relative to the election of the mayor, city councilor and school committee in the city of Brockton By Mr.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to the election of the mayor, city councilor and school committee in the city of Brockton By Mr.
  • Brady, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No.
  • 2510) of Michael D.
  • Brady relative to the election of the mayor, city councilor and school committee in the city of Brockton.

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  • 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. 2026-02-12 Senate

    Taken out of the Orders of the Day

  2. 2026-02-12 Senate

    Read third

  3. 2026-02-12 Senate

    New draft substituted, see S2957

  4. 2025-10-16 Senate

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  5. 2025-07-31 Senate

    Bill reported favorably by committee and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session

  6. 2025-04-28 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 05/06/2025 from 01:00 PM-04:00 PM in B-1

  7. 2025-04-22 House

    House concurred

  8. 2025-04-17 Senate

    Referred to the committee on Election Laws

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to the election of the mayor, city councilor and school committee in the city of Brockton
By Mr. Brady, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2510) of Michael D. Brady relative to the election of the mayor, city councilor and school committee in the city of Brockton. Election Laws. [Local Approval Received.]

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Bill S.2510

SECTION 1. Every mayor, city councilor, and school committee member who is elected to represent an individual ward, or at-large, as the case may be, shall have been an inhabitant of a place within the ward, or for the positions of mayor or councilor-at-large shall have been an inhabitant of a place within the city of Brockton, for which he is chosen for election for at least one year immediately preceding his election, and shall cease to represent such ward or city for the positions of mayor or councilor-at-large when he shall cease to be an inhabitant thereof.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

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