# Massachusetts H 4621: An Act changing the board of selectmen in the town of Boylston to select board

Massachusetts H 4621, An Act changing the board of selectmen in the town of Boylston to select board, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Meghan K. Kilcoyne (Democratic), Robyn K. Kennedy (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-04-19 (Signed by the Governor, Chapter 66 of the Acts of 2026) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts H 4621
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act changing the board of selectmen in the town of Boylston to select board
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-10-16
- Last action: 2026-04-19, Signed by the Governor, Chapter 66 of the Acts of 2026
- Sponsors: Meghan K. Kilcoyne (Democratic), Robyn K. Kennedy (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Municipalities and Regional Government, House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 1 (8 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Boylston renames board and updates bylaws: mixed, low. The law changes Boylston’s “board of selectmen” to “select board.” Members are now “select board members,” and the leader is the “chair.” The board keeps the same powers under state law. The select board can, by majority vote, update general and zoning bylaws to swap old titles for the new ones, ev…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Meghan K. Kilcoyne (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Robyn K. Kennedy (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-11-10 | committee | Committee Favorable: ought to pass | pass | 8 | 0 |   |

## Actions (16)

- 2026-04-19: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 66 of the Acts of 2026
- 2026-04-13: Enacted and laid before the Governor (Senate)
- 2026-04-13: Enacted (House)
- 2026-04-09: Passed to be engrossed (Senate)
- 2026-04-09: Bills in the Third Reading report (consolidated with S2648) accepted (Senate)
- 2026-04-09: Read third (title changed) (Senate)
- 2026-04-09: Taken out of the Orders of the Day (Senate)
- 2026-01-05: Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading (Senate)
- 2025-12-31: Read third and passed to be engrossed (House)
- 2025-12-04: Read second and ordered to a third reading (House)
- 2025-12-04: Rules suspended (House)
- 2025-12-04: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting (House)
- 2025-11-13: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling (House)
- 2025-10-31: Hearing scheduled for 10/31/2025 from 11:00 AM-02:00 PM in Written Testimony Only (legislature)
- 2025-10-20: Senate concurred (Senate)
- 2025-10-16: Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government (House)

## Bill text

- Chapter 66 of the Acts of 2026, 2026-04-19: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4621.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 4755: An Act amending the means tested senior citizen property tax exemption in the town of Sudbury (signed)
- H 3909: An Act authorizing the Provincetown year-round market rate rental housing trust to acquire year-round housing occupancy restrictions (signed)
- H 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nicholas Spinale (second reading)

## Sources
- [Chapter 66 of the Acts of 2026 (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4621.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4621-194 (as of 2026-11-01).