Massachusetts legislation · 194th General Court
Massachusetts H5171: An Act removing the Treasurer as Acting Mayor in the Holyoke Charter
Status: Signed into law, October 21, 2026
What the bill says
From the introduced text, February 26, 2026:
SECTION 1: Section 27 of the City of Holyoke Charter shall be amended by deleting the paragraph following the heading in total and replacing it with the following: “Whenever by reason of sickness or other cause the mayor shall be unable to perform the duties of the office, the mayor may designate, by writing filed in the office of the city clerk, the city clerk, to act as mayor, or in case of the failure of the mayor to make such designation, said city clerk shall perform shall act as mayor for the duration of the mayor’s absence due to said inability to perform. The city clerk shall, during the continuance of such inability to perform, have all the rights and powers of mayor, except that the city clerk shall not, when so acting, have the power of removal, unless thereto in any instance authorized by vote of the city council, nor any power of appointment, unless such inability to perform by the mayor has continued for a period of thirty days, and then, subject to the approval of the city council, nor power to approve or disapprove any ordinance, order, resolution or vote until no earlier than twenty-four hours of the time when it would take effect, without the approval of the mayor. In the event that the city …
Sponsors
- Patricia Duffy (D, 5th Hampden) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Signed by the Governor, Chapter 253 of the Acts of 2026
- : Enacted and laid before the Governor
- : Enacted
- : Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed
- : Taken out of the Orders of the Day
- : Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading
- : Read third and passed to be engrossed
- : Read second and ordered to a third reading
- : Rules suspended
- : Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
Votes
- Committee Vote - Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government (April 9, 2026): 11 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is H5171?
- H5171 is a bill in the Massachusetts Legislature (194th General Court): An Act removing the Treasurer as Acting Mayor in the Holyoke Charter.
- What is the status of H5171?
- Signed into law as of October 21, 2026. Latest action: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 253 of the Acts of 2026 (October 21, 2026).
- Who sponsored H5171?
- Patricia Duffy (D, 5th Hampden).
- Where is the official record for H5171?
- On the Massachusetts Legislature website: https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5171
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