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Read. Follow. Verify.Tisbury authorized to appoint associate planning board members to fill vacancies
Last action · August 31, 2026: Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third readingSponsor: Thomas Moakley
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What This Bill Would Do
The town of Tisbury is authorized to appoint to its planning board to fill vacancies on the board.
Changes how municipal planning board vacancies are managed in Tisbury by enabling the appointment of to handle quorum and review duties.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Town of Tisbury
The town's planning board governance structure is altered to allow the appointment of associate members to fill vacancies.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
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Procedural history
9 actions- Aug 31, 2026SenateIntroducedRead, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading
- Aug 27, 2026HouseFloorRead third and passed to be engrossed
- Jul 6, 2026HouseFloorRead second and ordered to a third reading
- Jul 6, 2026HouseRules suspended
- Jul 6, 2026HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
- Jul 1, 2026HouseCommitteeBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
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- Jun 11, 2026Massachusetts General CourtHearing scheduled for 06/23/2026 from 01:00 PM-03:00 PM in A-1
- May 19, 2026SenateSenate concurred
- May 18, 2026HouseCommitteeReferred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government
Version history
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance15How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy5Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz10Current news / social attention level
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