Nantucket County Charter Gender Neutral

Massachusetts Legislative Events

Published April 3rd, 2026

Detected April 7th, 2026

Summary

The Massachusetts General Court passed H4504, amending the Nantucket county charter to replace gendered language with gender-neutral terminology. Governor signed the bill into law on April 3, 2026, as Chapter 54 of the Acts of 2026. This is a local government administrative change with no compliance deadlines or penalties.

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What changed

The Massachusetts legislature passed H4504, making the Nantucket county charter gender neutral by replacing all gendered pronouns and terms with gender-neutral language. The bill was signed by the Governor on April 3, 2026, and enacted as Chapter 54 of the Acts of 2026. The legislation was sponsored by Representative Thomas Moakley and Senator Julian Cyr and received local approval.

Nantucket county officials should review the updated charter and implement gender-neutral language in all official documents and communications as needed. No specific compliance deadline or penalties are associated with this legislation as it represents a technical administrative update to existing charter provisions.

Source document (simplified)

ChangeBridge / Massachusetts / H4504 Signed by Governor H4504 H Signed by Governor 2026-04-03

Making the charter of the county on Nantucket gender neutral

For legislation to make the charter of the county on Nantucket gender neutral. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]

Bill Details

State Massachusetts

Session 194th General Court

Chamber House

Official Source malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4504

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Action History

2026-04-03 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 54 of the Acts of 2026 2026-03-26 S Enacted and laid before the Governor 2026-03-18 H Enacted 2026-03-16 S Read third and passed to be engrossed 2026-03-16 S Taken out of the Orders of the Day 2026-01-29 S Read second and ordered to a third reading 2025-12-18 S Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session 2025-12-15 H Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed 2025-11-10 H Read second and ordered to a third reading 2025-11-10 H Rules suspended 2025-11-10 H Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting 2025-10-14 H Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling 2025-09-23 J Hearing scheduled for 09/23/2025 from 02:00 PM-02:00 PM in Written Testimony Only 2025-09-15 S Senate concurred 2025-09-11 H Referred to the Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government