An Act establishing an appointed town clerk in the town of Rutland
This bill authorizes the town of Rutland to replace its elected town clerk with an appointed one. Under the new system, the town's select board would hire and fire the clerk, who would then perform the same legal duties as before. The change would take effect when the current elected clerk retires or leaves office, at which point the elected position would be eliminated.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jul 2023
Committee Review
Dec 2023
House Passage
Feb 2024
Senate Passage
Feb 2024
Signed into Law
Feb 2024
Introduced Jul 13, 2023
Signed Feb 21, 2024
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
15
Key actions
8
Committee
3
Feb 21, 2024
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor, Chapter 29 of the Acts of 2024
executive
Feb 12, 2024
Upper · Passed
Enacted and laid before the Governor
upper
Feb 12, 2024
Lower · Passed
Enacted
lower
Feb 8, 2024
Upper · Passed
Read third and passed to be engrossed
upper
Dec 26, 2023
Lower · Passed
Read third and passed to be engrossed
lower
Dec 11, 2023
Lower · Passed
Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
lower
Nov 13, 2023
Lower · Passed
Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
lower
Jul 17, 2023
Upper · Passed
Senate concurred
upper
Jul 13, 2023
Committee
Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Kim Ferguson
RRepublican
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