H 2053 Massachusetts House · 193rd Legislature (2023-2024)

An Act authorizing remote participation at town meetings in the town of Wayland

This bill authorizes the town of Wayland to hold annual and special town meetings where voters can participate in person, remotely, or in a mix of both known as a hybrid format. It allows the town to bypass standard state laws that typically require physical attendance by mandating that all meeting actions taken remotely or in hybrid form are legally valid and binding. Additionally, the legislation requires the town to record these meetings and make the recordings available for public viewing on the town website for at least 30 days after the event concludes.
Bill status passed 3 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2023
Committee Review
Feb 2023
Senate Passage
Feb 2023
Governor
Introduced Feb 16, 2023 Last action May 16, 2024
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
4
Key actions
1
Committee
1
Feb 16, 2023
Upper · Passed
Senate concurred
upper
Feb 16, 2023
Committee
Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government
lower
0 primary · 3 co-sponsors

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