# Massachusetts H 4763: An Act validating the results of the annual election held in the town of Bourne on May 20, 2025

Massachusetts H 4763, An Act validating the results of the annual election held in the town of Bourne on May 20, 2025, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Maura T. Healey; status signed, last action 2026-03-25 (Signed by the Governor, Chapter 44 of the Acts of 2026) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts H 4763
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act validating the results of the annual election held in the town of Bourne on May 20, 2025
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-11-18
- Last action: 2026-03-25, Signed by the Governor, Chapter 44 of the Acts of 2026
- Sponsor: Maura T. Healey
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Election Laws, House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
- 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

- Bourne May 2025 election validated: benefit, low. The law validates all votes and actions from the Town of Bourne’s annual election on May 20, 2025. It applies even though the posted warrants did not include the exact Proposition 2 1/2 (debt exclusion) question. The town can proceed with voter‑approved bonds for a new fire station, up to $18,800,0…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Maura T. Healey

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-02-02 | committee | Committee Favorable: Poll/Vote | pass | 11 | 0 |   |

## Actions (17)

- 2026-03-25: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 44 of the Acts of 2026
- 2026-03-16: Enacted and laid before the Governor (Senate)
- 2026-03-16: Enacted (House)
- 2026-03-16: Emergency preamble adopted (Senate)
- 2026-03-16: Emergency preamble adopted (House)
- 2026-03-12: Read third and passed to be engrossed (Senate)
- 2026-03-12: Taken out of the Orders of the Day (Senate)
- 2026-03-05: Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading (Senate)
- 2026-03-02: Read third and passed to be engrossed (House)
- 2026-02-12: Read second and ordered to a third reading (House)
- 2026-02-12: Rules suspended (House)
- 2026-02-12: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting (House)
- 2026-02-09: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling (House)
- 2025-12-10: Hearing rescheduled to 12/15/2025 from 09:00 AM-05:00 PM in Written Testimony Only<br> <span style="color: blue; font-style: italic;">Hearing date changed</span> (legislature)
- 2025-12-03: Hearing scheduled for 12/12/2025 from 09:00 AM-05:00 PM in Written Testimony Only (legislature)
- 2025-11-19: Senate concurred (Senate)
- 2025-11-18: Referred to the committee on Election Laws (House)

## Bill text

- Chapter 44 of the Acts of 2026, 2026-03-25: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4763.pdf)

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- 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 44 of the Acts of 2026 (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4763.pdf)

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