# Massachusetts H 5308: An Act relative to the town administrator of the town of Carlisle

Massachusetts H 5308, An Act relative to the town administrator of the town of Carlisle, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Thomas P. Walsh (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-07-31 (Signed by the Governor, Chapter 154 of the Acts of 2026) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts H 5308
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act relative to the town administrator of the town of Carlisle
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-03-25
- Last action: 2026-07-31, Signed by the Governor, Chapter 154 of the Acts of 2026
- Sponsor: Thomas P. Walsh (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Hiring and supervision rules for town staff: mixed, low. The town administrator may hire, discipline, and remove town employees, following Carlisle’s personnel rules. The select board hires and may remove the police chief, fire chief, town clerk, treasurer, tax collector, and town counsel. School, fire, library, and board of health staff stay under their…
- Town administrator manages, board sets policy: mixed, low. The select board appoints and may remove the town administrator. The administrator runs daily operations and supervises most departments, except schools, fire, the Gleason Public Library, and the board of health. The administrator follows select board policy and cannot make policy on their own. Thi…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Thomas P. Walsh (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Simon Cataldo (Democratic), House

## Actions (9)

- 2026-07-31: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 154 of the Acts of 2026
- 2026-07-22: Enacted and laid before the Governor (Senate)
- 2026-07-22: Enacted (House)
- 2026-07-20: Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed (Senate)
- 2026-07-20: Taken out of the Orders of the Day (Senate)
- 2026-04-09: Read second and ordered to a third reading (Senate)
- 2026-03-26: Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session (Senate)
- 2026-03-25: Passed to be engrossed (House)
- 2026-03-25: Substituted for H4414 (House)

## Bill text

- Chapter 154 of the Acts of 2026, 2026-07-31: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5308.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 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 154 of the Acts of 2026 (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5308.pdf)

## Related
- [H 4585: An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax aba…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4585-194)
- [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-H5308-194 (as of 2026-11-01).