# Massachusetts H 5600: establishing the term of office for the town manager of the town of Bridgewater

Massachusetts H 5600, establishing the term of office for the town manager of the town of Bridgewater, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government; status passed house, last action 2026-09-21 (Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts H 5600
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: establishing the term of office for the town manager of the town of Bridgewater
- Status: passed house
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-07-30
- Last action: 2026-09-21, Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
- Sponsor: Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Municipalities and Regional Government, House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 1 (11 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: Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government
- Cosponsor: Dennis C. Gallagher (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-07-23 | committee | Committee Redraft: ought to pass; redraft | pass | 11 | 0 |   |

## Actions (8)

- 2026-09-21: Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session (Senate)
- 2026-09-17: Read third and passed to be engrossed (House)
- 2026-08-20: Read second and ordered to a third reading (House)
- 2026-08-20: Rules suspended (House)
- 2026-08-20: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting (House)
- 2026-07-30: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling (House)
- 2026-07-30: New draft of H5545 (House)
- 2026-07-30: Reported from the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government (House)

## Bill text

- Passed to be engrossed, 2026-09-17: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5600.pdf)

## Related bills

- H 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police chief Neal Hovey (passed senate)
- 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 5520: An Act exempting George Patrinos from the maximum age requirement age for the position of firefighter in the town of Dudley (signed)
- H 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nicholas Spinale (second reading)
- H 4755: An Act amending the means tested senior citizen property tax exemption in the town of Sudbury (signed)

## Sources
- [Passed to be engrossed (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5600.pdf)

## Related
- [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 4585: An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax aba…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4585-194)
- [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 5520: An Act exempting George Patrinos from the maximum age requirement age for the p…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5520-194)
- [H 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nichola…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5429-194)
- [H 4755: An Act amending the means tested senior citizen property tax exemption in the t…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4755-194)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5600-194 (as of 2026-11-01).