H 4441 Massachusetts House · 194th Legislature (2025-2026)

An Act amending the charter for the town of Nantucket

This bill amends Nantucket's town charter to update governance procedures. Key changes include requiring the town clerk to be a registered voter, mandating that meeting warrants be posted on the town website, and adjusting petition thresholds: 50 registered voters can now request topics for annual meetings (up from 7), while 100 voters are needed for special meetings. It also reduces the required voter count for petitioning topics in special meetings from 7 to 14 and adds provisions allowing nonresident property owners to speak at meetings. The bill makes minor administrative updates to charter sections covering meetings, elections, and recall procedures.
Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Aug 2025
Committee Review
Oct 2025
House Passage
Apr 2026
Senate Passage
Aug 2025
Governor
Introduced Aug 21, 2025 Last action Apr 15, 2026
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
10
Key actions
4
Committee
3
Apr 6, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third and passed to be engrossed
lower
Oct 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
lower
Sep 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
Bill reported favorably by committee as changed and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
lower
Aug 25, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate concurred
upper
Aug 21, 2025
Committee
Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government
lower
0 primary · 1 co-sponsor

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.