Massachusetts legislation · 194th General Court
Massachusetts H4185: An Act relative to the nomination process for candidates for town meeting in Milford
Status: Signed into law, October 5, 2026
What the bill says
From the introduced text, June 2, 2025:
SECTION 1 Chapter 271 of the acts of 1933 is hereby amended by striking out section 4, as most recently amended by section 1 of chapter 80 of the acts of 2019, and inserting in place thereof the following section: Section 4. (a) Nominations of candidates for town meeting members to be elected under this act shall be made by nomination papers, which shall bear no political designation, be signed by not less than 10 voters of the precinct in which the candidate resides and be filed with the town clerk not less than 35 days before the election. No nomination papers shall be valid in respect to any candidate whose written acceptance is not thereon or attached thereto when filed. (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the fourth paragraph of section 10 of chapter 53 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, any incumbent town meeting member, excluding an elected town meeting member who removes from one precinct to another or is so removed by revision of precincts as set forth in section 3, or a town meeting member who filled a vacancy as set forth in section 7, may, without filing nomination papers, become a candidate for reelection as a town meeting member for the same precinct in which the incumbent member currently …
Sponsors
- Brian Murray (D, 10th Worcester) · primary sponsor
- Rebecca Rausch (D, Norfolk, Worcester and Middlesex)
Latest actions
- : Signed by the Governor, Chapter 232 of the Acts of 2026
- : Enacted and laid before the Governor
- : Enacted
- : House concurred in the Senate amendment
- : Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading
- : Passed to be engrossed
- : Amended (Rausch) by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S3233
- : Read third
- : Taken out of the Orders of the Day
- : Read second and ordered to a third reading
Common questions
- What is H4185?
- H4185 is a bill in the Massachusetts Legislature (194th General Court): An Act relative to the nomination process for candidates for town meeting in Milford.
- What is the status of H4185?
- Signed into law as of October 5, 2026. Latest action: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 232 of the Acts of 2026 (October 5, 2026).
- Who sponsored H4185?
- Brian Murray (D, 10th Worcester), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for H4185?
- On the Massachusetts Legislature website: https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4185
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