# Massachusetts H 4185: An Act relative to the nomination process for candidates for town meeting in Milford Massachusetts H 4185, An Act relative to the nomination process for candidates for town meeting in Milford, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Brian W. Murray (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-10-05 (Signed by the Governor, Chapter 232 of the Acts of 2026) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4185-194 - 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 4185 - State: Massachusetts - Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026) - Title: An Act relative to the nomination process for candidates for town meeting in Milford - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-06-02 - Last action: 2026-10-05, Signed by the Governor, Chapter 232 of the Acts of 2026 - Sponsor: Brian W. Murray (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Election Laws, House Rules, House Steering, Policy and Scheduling, Bills in the Third Reading - Touches household money: no - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Milford town meeting candidates face filing rules: mixed, low. Milford town meeting candidates must file nomination papers with the town clerk at least 35 days before the election. Papers need signatures from at least 10 voters in the candidate’s precinct. They must include the candidate’s written acceptance when filed and cannot show a political designation.… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Brian W. Murray (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Rebecca L. Rausch (Democratic), Senate ## Actions (22) - 2026-10-05: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 232 of the Acts of 2026 - 2026-09-28: Enacted and laid before the Governor (Senate) - 2026-09-28: Enacted (House) - 2026-09-24: House concurred in the Senate amendment (House) - 2026-08-13: Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading (House) - 2026-08-10: Passed to be engrossed (Senate) - 2026-08-10: Amended (Rausch) by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S3233 (Senate) - 2026-08-10: Read third (Senate) - 2026-08-10: Taken out of the Orders of the Day (Senate) - 2026-03-19: Read second and ordered to a third reading (Senate) - 2026-02-17: Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session (Senate) - 2026-02-12: Read third and passed to be engrossed (House) - 2026-01-29: Read second and ordered to a third reading (House) - 2026-01-29: Rules suspended (House) - 2026-01-29: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting (House) - 2026-01-15: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling (House) - 2026-01-15: Reported on the residue of H4925 (House) - 2026-01-15: Reported from the committee on House Rules (House) - 2026-01-15: Accompanied a study order, see H4925 (House) - 2025-06-27: Hearing scheduled for 07/08/2025 from 01:00 PM-04:00 PM in B-1 (legislature) - 2025-06-05: Senate concurred (Senate) - 2025-06-02: Referred to the committee on Election Laws (House) ## Bill text - Chapter 232 of the Acts of 2026, 2026-10-05: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4185.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 232 of the Acts of 2026 (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4185.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-H4185-194 (as of 2026-11-01).