H 4080 Massachusetts House · 193rd Legislature (2023-2024)

An Act amending the special act charter of the city of Northampton

This bill amends the special act charter of the city of Northampton to change the number of members on the city's board of aldermen from five to seven. The change directly affects the city's local governance structure by increasing the size of this legislative body. The mechanism for this change is a simple textual amendment to Section 5.1 of Chapter 277 of the Acts of 2012, replacing the word "Five" with "Seven." No other provisions or policy changes are included in this legislation.

Bill status passed 3 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Sep 2023

Committee Review

Nov 2023

Senate Passage

Sep 2023

Governor

Introduced Sep 5, 2023 Last action Dec 18, 2023

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

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Dec 18, 2023

House · Amendment adopted

Amended by substitution of bill with the same title, see H4221

Nov 27, 2023

House · Reported by committee

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

Nov 13, 2023

House · Reported by committee

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

Sep 7, 2023

Senate · Passed

Senate concurred

Sep 5, 2023

House · Referred to committee

Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government

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