# Massachusetts H 3911: An Act revising the charter of the town of Millis, as amended Massachusetts H 3911, An Act revising the charter of the town of Millis, as amended, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by James C. Arena-DeRosa (Democratic), Marcus S. Vaughn (Republican); status signed, last action 2026-08-04 (Signed by the Governor, Chapter 160 of the Acts of 2026) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H3911-194 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Massachusetts H 3911 - State: Massachusetts - Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026) - Title: An Act revising the charter of the town of Millis, as amended - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-03-17 - Last action: 2026-08-04, Signed by the Governor, Chapter 160 of the Acts of 2026 - Sponsors: James C. Arena-DeRosa (Democratic), Marcus S. Vaughn (Republican) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Municipalities and Regional Government, House Steering, Policy and Scheduling, Bills in the Third Reading - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 1 (11 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Millis administrator approves payroll and bills: benefit, low. The Millis town administrator approves all payroll and expense warrants. That approval is enough for the town treasurer to pay them. When the administrator is absent, the select board approves the warrants. If the office is vacant, the select board approves or can delegate this duty to a temporary… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: James C. Arena-DeRosa (Democratic), House - Sponsor: Marcus S. Vaughn (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Rebecca L. Rausch (Democratic), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-07-02 | committee | Committee Favorable: Ought to Pass | pass | 11 | 0 | | ## Actions (18) - 2026-08-04: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 160 of the Acts of 2026 - 2026-07-29: Enacted and laid before the Governor (Senate) - 2026-07-29: Enacted (House) - 2026-07-27: House concurred in the Senate amendment (House) - 2026-05-11: Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading (House) - 2026-05-07: Passed to be engrossed (Senate) - 2026-05-07: Amended (Rausch) by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S3013 (Senate) - 2026-05-07: Read third (Senate) - 2026-05-07: Taken out of the Orders of the Day (Senate) - 2025-09-29: Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading (Senate) - 2025-09-25: Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed (House) - 2025-08-11: Read second and ordered to a third reading (House) - 2025-08-11: Rules suspended (House) - 2025-08-11: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting (House) - 2025-07-14: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling (House) - 2025-05-05: Hearing scheduled for 05/13/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1 (legislature) - 2025-04-17: Senate concurred (Senate) - 2025-03-17: Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government (House) ## Bill text - Chapter 160 of the Acts of 2026, 2026-08-04: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H3911.pdf) ## Related bills - H 4585: An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax abatements (signed) - H 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police chief Neal Hovey (passed senate) - H 5515: An Act to increase the value of estates eligible for abatements pursuant to M.G.L. chapter 59, section 5, clauses seventeenth D and forty-first C in the town o… (passed house) - H 3909: An Act authorizing the Provincetown year-round market rate rental housing trust to acquire year-round housing occupancy restrictions (signed) - H 5520: An Act exempting George Patrinos from the maximum age requirement age for the position of firefighter in the town of Dudley (signed) - H 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nicholas Spinale (second reading) ## Sources - [Chapter 160 of the Acts of 2026 (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H3911.pdf) ## Related - [H 4585: An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax aba…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4585-194) - [H 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police ch…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5435-194) - [H 5515: An Act to increase the value of estates eligible for abatements pursuant to M.G…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5515-194) - [H 3909: An Act authorizing the Provincetown year-round market rate rental housing trust…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H3909-194) - [H 5520: An Act exempting George Patrinos from the maximum age requirement age for the p…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5520-194) - [H 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nichola…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5429-194) - [Massachusetts bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/massachusetts/bills) - [Massachusetts state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/massachusetts) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H3911-194 (as of 2026-11-01).