# Massachusetts H 4441: An Act amending the charter for the town of Nantucket

Massachusetts H 4441, An Act amending the charter for the town of Nantucket, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Julian Cyr (Democratic), Thomas W. Moakley (Democratic); status to governor, last action 2026-10-19 (Governor's amendment adopted) (as of 2026-11-04).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts H 4441
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act amending the charter for the town of Nantucket
- Status: to governor
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-08-21
- Last action: 2026-10-19, Governor's amendment adopted
- Sponsors: Julian Cyr (Democratic), Thomas W. Moakley (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 (9 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Julian Cyr (Democratic), Senate
- Sponsor: Thomas W. Moakley (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-09-12 | committee | Committee Favorable with Changes: ought to pass as amended | pass | 9 | 0 |   |

## Actions (20)

- 2026-10-19: Governor's amendment adopted (House)
- 2026-10-19: Governor's amendment considered (in the form approved by the committee on Bills in the Third Reading) (House)
- 2026-10-19: Bills in the Third Reading special report accepted (House)
- 2026-10-01: Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading (House)
- 2026-10-01: For message, see H5680 (House)
- 2026-09-28: Governor returned to the House with recommendation of amendment (House)
- 2026-09-21: Enacted and laid before the Governor (Senate)
- 2026-09-21: Enacted (House)
- 2026-09-17: Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed (Senate)
- 2026-09-17: Taken out of the Orders of the Day (Senate)
- 2026-04-15: Read second and ordered to a third reading (Senate)
- 2026-04-08: Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session (Senate)
- 2026-04-06: Read third and passed to be engrossed (House)
- 2025-10-20: Read second and ordered to a third reading (House)
- 2025-10-20: Rules suspended (House)
- 2025-10-20: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting (House)
- 2025-09-22: Bill reported favorably by committee as changed and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling (House)
- 2025-09-04: Hearing scheduled for 09/04/2025 from 03:10 PM-01:30 PM in Written Testimony Only (legislature)
- 2025-08-25: Senate concurred (Senate)
- 2025-08-21: Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government (House)

## Bill text

- Enacted by the legislature, 2026-09-21: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4441.pdf)

## Related bills

- H 5685: An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Carry Shulock-Sexton, an employee of the department of agricultural resources (signed)
- H 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police chief Neal Hovey (passed senate)
- S 3139: An Act authorizing the town of Medfield to continue the employment of David O'Toole as deputy fire chief (signed)
- H 4585: An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax abatements (signed)
- 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)

## Sources
- [Enacted by the legislature (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4441.pdf)

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