# Massachusetts S 2678: An Act validating the proceedings at the Millbury annual town meeting

Massachusetts S 2678, An Act validating the proceedings at the Millbury annual town meeting, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by Maura T. Healey; status signed, last action 2025-12-31 (Signed by the Governor, Chapter 95 of the Acts of 2025); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts S 2678
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act validating the proceedings at the Millbury annual town meeting
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-10-30
- Last action: 2025-12-31, Signed by the Governor, Chapter 95 of the Acts of 2025
- Sponsor: Maura T. Healey
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Election Laws, House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 1 (5 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Millbury zoning rules from May 2025 stand: mixed, low. The law ratifies the zoning by-laws Millbury passed on May 6, 2025. They are legally valid and enforceable now. This applies even if the public hearing notices before that meeting had defects or were missing details. People, businesses, and developers in Millbury must follow these rules. Challenges…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Maura T. Healey

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-11-19 | committee | Committee Favorable: Ought to pass | pass | 5 | 0 | 1 |

## Actions (15)

- 2025-12-31: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 95 of the Acts of 2025
- 2025-12-24: Enacted and laid before the Governor (Senate)
- 2025-12-24: Enacted (House)
- 2025-12-22: Read third and passed to be engrossed (House)
- 2025-12-11: Read second and ordered to a third reading (House)
- 2025-12-11: Rules suspended (House)
- 2025-12-11: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting (House)
- 2025-12-08: Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling (House)
- 2025-12-04: Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed (Senate)
- 2025-12-04: Taken out of the Orders of the Day (Senate)
- 2025-11-20: Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading (Senate)
- 2025-11-20: Bill reported favorably by committee (Senate)
- 2025-11-06: Hearing scheduled for 11/13/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2 (legislature)
- 2025-11-03: House concurred (House)
- 2025-10-30: Referred to the committee on Election Laws (Senate)

## Bill text

- Chapter 95 of the Acts of 2025, 2025-12-31: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S2678.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 95 of the Acts of 2025 (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S2678.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 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nichola…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5429-194)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-S2678-194 (as of 2026-11-01).