# Massachusetts H 3912: An Act increasing the membership of the board of health of the town of Marblehead from three members to five Massachusetts H 3912, An Act increasing the membership of the board of health of the town of Marblehead from three members to five, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Brendan P. Crighton (Democratic), Jennifer Balinsky Armini (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-12-18 (Signed by the Governor, Chapter 90 of the Acts of 2025) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H3912-194 - 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 3912 - State: Massachusetts - Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026) - Title: An Act increasing the membership of the board of health of the town of Marblehead from three members to five - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-03-17 - Last action: 2025-12-18, Signed by the Governor, Chapter 90 of the Acts of 2025 - Sponsors: Brendan P. Crighton (Democratic), Jennifer Balinsky Armini (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 0 - 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 - Marblehead health board grows and staggers terms: mixed, low. The law increases Marblehead's board of health from three members to five. The select board elects a chair each year from its members. At the first annual town election after the law takes effect, voters choose three board of health members. The top vote-getter serves three years, the second serves… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Brendan P. Crighton (Democratic), Senate - Sponsor: Jennifer Balinsky Armini (Democratic), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-07-02 | committee | Committee Favorable: Ought to Pass | pass | 11 | 0 | | ## Actions (24) - 2025-12-18: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 90 of the Acts of 2025 - 2025-12-15: Re-enacted and again laid before the Governor (Senate) - 2025-12-15: Re-enacted (House) - 2025-12-11: Governor's amendment adopted (Senate) - 2025-12-11: Rules suspended (Senate) - 2025-12-04: Governor's amendment adopted (House) - 2025-12-04: Governor's amendment considered (in the form approved by the committee on Bills in the Third Reading) (House) - 2025-12-01: Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading (House) - 2025-12-01: For message, see H4798 (House) - 2025-11-26: Governor returned to the House with recommendation of amendment (House) - 2025-11-17: Enacted and laid before the Governor (Senate) - 2025-11-17: Enacted (House) - 2025-11-13: Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed (Senate) - 2025-09-02: Read second and ordered to a third reading (Senate) - 2025-09-02: Taken out of the Orders of the Day (Senate) - 2025-08-18: Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session (Senate) - 2025-08-14: Read third and passed to be engrossed (House) - 2025-07-23: Read second and ordered to a third reading (House) - 2025-07-23: Rules suspended (House) - 2025-07-23: 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) - 2025-04-10: Senate concurred (Senate) - 2025-03-17: Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government (House) ## Bill text - Chapter 90 of the Acts of 2025, 2025-12-18: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H3912.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 90 of the Acts of 2025 (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H3912.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-H3912-194 (as of 2026-11-01).