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S2544 • 2025

An Act relative to special town meetings petitioned for by residents of the town of Andover

An Act relative to special town meetings petitioned for by residents of the town of Andover

Enacted

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

Sponsor
Barry R. Finegold
Last action
2026-05-19
Official status
Signed by the Governor, Chapter 83 of the Acts of 2026
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act relative to special town meetings petitioned for by residents of the town of Andover

An Act relative to special town meetings petitioned for by residents of the town of Andover By Mr.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to special town meetings petitioned for by residents of the town of Andover By Mr.
  • Finegold, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No.
  • 2544) of Barry R.
  • Finegold (by vote of the town) relative to special town meetings petitioned for by residents of the town of Andover.

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. 2026-05-19 Executive

    Signed by the Governor, Chapter 83 of the Acts of 2026

  2. 2026-05-14 House

    Enacted

  3. 2026-05-14 Senate

    Enacted and laid before the Governor

  4. 2026-05-11 Senate

    Rules suspended

  5. 2026-05-11 Senate

    Senate concurred in the House amendment

  6. 2026-05-07 House

    Read third, amended and passed to be engrossed

  7. 2026-04-30 House

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

  8. 2026-04-30 House

    Rules suspended

  9. 2026-04-30 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  10. 2026-04-02 House

    Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

  11. 2026-03-30 Senate

    Taken out of the Orders of the Day

  12. 2026-03-30 Senate

    Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed

  13. 2025-10-16 Senate

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  14. 2025-07-31 Senate

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

  15. 2025-07-09 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 07/22/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1

  16. 2025-07-03 House

    House concurred

  17. 2025-06-30 Senate

    Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to special town meetings petitioned for by residents of the town of Andover
By Mr. Finegold, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2544) of Barry R. Finegold (by vote of the town) relative to special town meetings petitioned for by residents of the town of Andover. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]

Current Bill Text

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Bill S.2544

Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10 of chapter 39 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, the select board of the town of Andover shall call a special town meeting upon the written request of 200 registered voters or 5 per cent of the total number of registered voters of the town, whichever number is greater. Such meeting shall be held not later than 90 days after the receipt of such petition and shall include in the warrant for such meeting all of the subjects the inclusion of which is requested by said petition.

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