MassachusettsPittsfield charter provisions would replace two with four
If enacted, the measure would replace “two” with “four” in two Pittsfield charter sections, subject to the filing’s reported local approval.
What it does
Pittsfield’s city charter would replace “two” with “four” in two specified sections, but the available text does not say what those numbers govern.
Argument forReplacing two with four could give city officials more room under the two charter provisions, depending on what each number controls.
Argument againstChanging both numbers could affect city operations, while the available excerpts do not identify the limits, positions, or other matters those numbers control.
More detail
The measure would replace the word “two” with “four” in two Pittsfield city charter provisions. The wording changes apply to subsection (b) of section 2-1 in article 2 and subsection (b) of section 4-1 in article 4. The changes would apply only if the measure is enacted. The filing says the petition has the mayor and city council’s approval and has received local approval; the operative sections do not state another condition.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed 1st Chamber
- Passed 2nd Chamber
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Oct 22Re-enacted and again laid before the GovernorLatest
- Oct 21Re-enactedMajor
- Oct 19Governor's amendment adopted, in concurrenceMajor
- Oct 19Rules suspended
- Oct 15Governor's amendment adoptedMajor
- Oct 15Governor's amendment considered (in the form approved by the committee on Bills in the Third Reading)
- Oct 15Bills in the Third Reading special report accepted
- Oct 1Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third ReadingMinor
- Oct 1For message, see H5683
- Sep 30Governor returned to the House with recommendation of amendment
- Sep 21Enacted and laid before the GovernorMajor
- Sep 21EnactedBecame Law
- Sep 17Senate concurred in the House amendment
- Sep 17Rules suspended
- Sep 17Amendment adoptedMajor
- Sep 17Rules suspended
- Aug 4Read third and passed to be engrossedPassed 2nd Chamber
- Aug 4Taken out of the Orders of the Day
- Jul 1Read second and ordered to a third readingMinor
- Jun 15Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
- Jun 11Read third and passed to be engrossedPassed 1st Chamber
- Feb 19Read second and ordered to a third readingMinor
- Feb 19Rules suspended
- Feb 19Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
- Jan 22Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and SchedulingMinor
- 2025
- Nov 17Hearing scheduled for 11/17/2025 from 10:00 AM-05:00 PM in Written Testimony Only
- Nov 10Senate concurred
- Nov 6Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional GovernmentIntroduced
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