# Massachusetts H 4211: An Act changing the term of the elected office of moderator in the town of Holden

Massachusetts H 4211, An Act changing the term of the elected office of moderator in the town of Holden, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Kimberly N. Ferguson (Republican), Peter J. Durant (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-11-12 (Signed by the Governor, Chapter 61 of the Acts of 2025) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts H 4211
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act changing the term of the elected office of moderator in the town of Holden
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-06-09
- Last action: 2025-11-12, Signed by the Governor, Chapter 61 of the Acts of 2025
- Sponsors: Kimberly N. Ferguson (Republican), Peter J. Durant (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Municipalities and Regional Government, House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 1 (11 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Moderator appoints finance and appeals boards: mixed, low. Unless a town by-law says otherwise, the moderator appoints Holden’s finance committee and the board of appeals. Town by-laws can change who makes these appointments.
- Three-year term for Holden moderator: mixed, low. Upon passage, the current moderator keeps serving the rest of their elected term, unless they resign, retire, or are removed. Beginning with the first annual town election after Holden accepts this act, voters elect a moderator to a three-year term. After that, all moderators serve three-year terms…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Kimberly N. Ferguson (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Peter J. Durant (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-07-25 | committee | Committee Favorable: Ought to Pass | pass | 11 | 0 |   |

## Actions (14)

- 2025-11-12: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 61 of the Acts of 2025
- 2025-11-03: Enacted and laid before the Governor (Senate)
- 2025-11-03: Enacted (House)
- 2025-10-30: Read third and passed to be engrossed (Senate)
- 2025-10-30: Taken out of the Orders of the Day (Senate)
- 2025-09-22: Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading (Senate)
- 2025-09-18: Read third and passed to be engrossed (House)
- 2025-08-28: Read second and ordered to a third reading (House)
- 2025-08-28: Rules suspended (House)
- 2025-08-28: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting (House)
- 2025-08-04: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling (House)
- 2025-07-09: Hearing scheduled for 07/22/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1 (legislature)
- 2025-06-12: Senate concurred (Senate)
- 2025-06-09: Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government (House)

## Bill text

- Chapter 61 of the Acts of 2025, 2025-11-12: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4211.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 61 of the Acts of 2025 (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4211.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4211-194 (as of 2026-11-01).