MassachusettsBrockton candidates would need local residency to run for office
Candidates for Brockton city offices would need to live in the city or the ward they seek to represent, and officeholders who move away would lose their position.
What it does
People running for Brockton mayor or councilor-at-large would need to live in the city for at least one year. Ward councilor and school committee candidates would need to live in the ward they seek to represent for that long.
Brockton’s mayor and councilor-at-large would lose office if they stop living in the city. Ward councilors and school committee members would lose office if they stop living in their ward.
Argument forVoters could know that candidates and officeholders live in the city or ward they seek to represent.
Argument againstOfficeholders who move outside the required area could lose their jobs before their terms end.
More detail
Candidates would need to meet a local residency rule to run for these offices. The rule covers candidates for Brockton mayor and councilor-at-large, and candidates for ward councilor or school committee member in the ward they seek to represent. The one-year residency period applies immediately before the candidate’s election.
Officeholders would be removed from office and their position declared vacant if they leave the required area. The rule covers Brockton’s mayor and councilor-at-large if they stop living in the city, and ward councilors and school committee members if they stop living in the ward for which they were elected. If enacted, the act would take effect upon passage.
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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
- Sep 3Read third, amended by substitution of a new text (H5665) and passed to be engrossedPassed 2nd Chamber
- Mar 16Read second and ordered to a third readingMinor
- Mar 16Rules suspended
- Mar 16Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
- Feb 17Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and SchedulingMinor
- Feb 12Passed to be engrossedPassed 1st Chamber
- Feb 12New draft (Brady) of S2510Introduced
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