# Massachusetts H 5129: An Act validating certain proceedings of the town of Stow

Massachusetts H 5129, An Act validating certain proceedings of the town of Stow, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Maura T. Healey; status signed, last action 2026-06-22 (Signed by the Governor, Chapter 108 of the Acts of 2026) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts H 5129
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act validating certain proceedings of the town of Stow
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-02-17
- Last action: 2026-06-22, Signed by the Governor, Chapter 108 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

- Stow town meeting votes are valid: benefit, low. The law confirms all actions from Stow’s Special Town Meeting on October 27, 2025. It treats the meeting as properly noticed, even though the warrant was not posted for the full 14 days. Votes on items like the MBTA Communities zoning bylaw and PFAS borrowing stay in force. This lets the Attorney G…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Maura T. Healey

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-02 | committee | Committee Favorable: Poll/Vote | pass | 11 | 0 |   |

## Actions (14)

- 2026-06-22: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 108 of the Acts of 2026
- 2026-06-15: Enacted and laid before the Governor (Senate)
- 2026-06-15: Enacted (House)
- 2026-06-11: Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed (Senate)
- 2026-06-11: Taken out of the Orders of the Day (Senate)
- 2026-05-07: Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading (Senate)
- 2026-05-04: Read third and passed to be engrossed (House)
- 2026-04-09: Read second and ordered to a third reading (House)
- 2026-04-09: Rules suspended (House)
- 2026-04-09: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting (House)
- 2026-04-08: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling (House)
- 2026-03-12: Hearing scheduled for 03/24/2026 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1 (legislature)
- 2026-02-19: Senate concurred (Senate)
- 2026-02-17: Referred to the committee on Election Laws (House)

## Bill text

- Chapter 108 of the Acts of 2026, 2026-06-22: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5129.pdf)

## Related bills

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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 5520: An Act exempting George Patrinos from the maximum age requirement age for the position of firefighter in the town of Dudley (signed)

## Sources
- [Chapter 108 of the Acts of 2026 (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5129.pdf)

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- [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 4755: An Act amending the means tested senior citizen property tax exemption in the t…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4755-194)
- [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)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5129-194 (as of 2026-11-01).