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legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-1024.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act authorizing the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority to provide sewer services to a certain parcel of land in the town of Sharon"
+description: "By Representative Philips of Sharon, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1024) of Edward R. Philips for legislation to authorize the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority to provide sewer services to a certain parcel of land in the town of Sharon. Environment and Natural Resources."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 1024"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 1024 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Edward R. Philips"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-02-27"
+last_action: "2025-11-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d676bbb4-c29d-4c87-aab3-b9fe90bd7050"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H1024"
+source_hash: "a58749d5eca811dd28a942ec3d6c908b51652ea0cc44d1df69c56fc4aa15d42b"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 1024 (194th) — An Act authorizing the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority to provide sewer services to a certain parcel of land in the town of Sharon
+
+By Representative Philips of Sharon, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1024) of Edward R. Philips for legislation to authorize the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority to provide sewer services to a certain parcel of land in the town of Sharon. Environment and Natural Resources.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H1024.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Edward R. Philips — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-27** Referred to the committee on Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-27** Senate concurred
+- **2025-04-23** Hearing scheduled for 05/06/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1
+- **2025-07-10** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-07-21** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-07-21** Rules suspended
+- **2025-07-21** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-07-31** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-08-04** Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2025-10-20** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session with an amendment
+- **2025-10-20** Rules suspended
+- **2025-10-20** Read second, amended (as recommended by the committee on Senate Rules), ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2025-10-22** Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading `referral-committee`
+- **2025-11-03** House concurred in the Senate amendment
+- **2025-11-05** Emergency preamble adopted
+- **2025-11-06** Emergency preamble adopted
+- **2025-11-10** Enacted `passage`
+- **2025-11-10** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2025-11-19** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 62 of the Acts of 2025 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d676bbb4-c29d-4c87-aab3-b9fe90bd7050`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-1590.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Eric J. Iwaniec"
+description: "By Representative Berthiaume of Spencer and Senator Durant, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1590) of Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr., for legislation to establish a sick leave bank for Eric J. Iwaniec, an employee of the Trial Court. The Judiciary."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 1590"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 1590 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-02-27"
+last_action: "2025-11-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e1499ec-10cf-441a-998c-d983f385e5bb"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H1590"
+source_hash: "c68be78f0848a73913b0fee3414f85b5bedc23fc7257588942c577cf705ba617"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 1590 (194th) — An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Eric J. Iwaniec
+
+By Representative Berthiaume of Spencer and Senator Durant, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1590) of Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr., for legislation to establish a sick leave bank for Eric J. Iwaniec, an employee of the Trial Court. The Judiciary.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H1590.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-27** Referred to the committee on The Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-27** Senate concurred
+- **2025-06-02** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-04** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-06-04** Rules suspended
+- **2025-06-04** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-06-26** Read third (title changed), amended and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-06-30** Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2025-11-03** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2025-11-03** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-11-05** Emergency preamble adopted
+- **2025-11-06** Emergency preamble adopted
+- **2025-11-10** Enacted `passage`
+- **2025-11-10** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2025-11-19** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 67 of the Acts of 2025 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8e1499ec-10cf-441a-998c-d983f385e5bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-1596.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Ana C. Contreras"
+description: "By Representative Cabral of New Bedford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1596) of Antonio F. D. Cabral for legislation to establish a sick leave bank for Ana C. Contreras, an employee of the Trial Court. The Judiciary."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 1596"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 1596 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Antonio F. D. Cabral"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-02-27"
+last_action: "2025-10-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19eeaad7-1f2d-41f3-996d-e0616802acdc"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H1596"
+source_hash: "489dc7885e7a9dd47d310f05d65c6e0d60ecbf060f5df7950d8871996f9aa906"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 1596 (194th) — An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Ana C. Contreras
+
+By Representative Cabral of New Bedford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1596) of Antonio F. D. Cabral for legislation to establish a sick leave bank for Ana C. Contreras, an employee of the Trial Court. The Judiciary.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H1596.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Antonio F. D. Cabral — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-27** Referred to the committee on The Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-27** Senate concurred
+- **2025-07-31** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-08-04** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-08-04** Rules suspended
+- **2025-08-04** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-08-18** Read third (title changed), amended and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-08-21** Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2025-10-14** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2025-10-14** Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-10-15** Emergency preamble adopted
+- **2025-10-16** Emergency preamble adopted
+- **2025-10-16** Enacted `passage`
+- **2025-10-16** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2025-10-24** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 46 of the Acts of 2025 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/19eeaad7-1f2d-41f3-996d-e0616802acdc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-2251.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act establishing a special fund for the festival of the hills receipts for the town of Conway"
+description: "By Representative Blais of Deerfield and Senator Mark, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2251) of Natalie M. Blais (by vote of the town) that the town of Conway be authorized to establish a special fund for the festival of the hills receipts in said town. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 2251"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 2251 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-02-27"
+last_action: "2025-11-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef336b9d-edc3-4416-bbbf-332a241208b8"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H2251"
+source_hash: "6ef9d69cdddbd526eedd52b8aea9901dcefd992692699c9a6aee8cf6daf72959"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 2251 (194th) — An Act establishing a special fund for the festival of the hills receipts for the town of Conway
+
+By Representative Blais of Deerfield and Senator Mark, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2251) of Natalie M. Blais (by vote of the town) that the town of Conway be authorized to establish a special fund for the festival of the hills receipts in said town. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H2251.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Natalie M. Blais — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-27** Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-27** Senate concurred
+- **2025-05-05** Hearing scheduled for 05/13/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1
+- **2025-07-10** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-07-23** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-07-23** Rules suspended
+- **2025-07-23** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-08-21** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-08-25** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
+- **2025-10-16** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-10-30** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2025-10-30** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-11-03** Enacted `passage`
+- **2025-11-03** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2025-11-10** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 56 of the Acts of 2025 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ef336b9d-edc3-4416-bbbf-332a241208b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-2258.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act relative to the Cotuit Fire District"
+description: "By Representative Diggs of Barnstable, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2258) of Kip A. Diggs relative to the Cotuit Fire District. Municipalities and Regional Government."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 2258"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 2258 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Kip A. Diggs"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-02-27"
+last_action: "2026-03-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0acc076c-18b1-4a77-83c1-79b0c9a5f820"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H2258"
+source_hash: "ac2a14d28576984b0e08051375d73f55bf6f4cc603c3da852998bd3ffdbdb811"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 2258 (194th) — An Act relative to the Cotuit Fire District
+
+By Representative Diggs of Barnstable, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2258) of Kip A. Diggs relative to the Cotuit Fire District. Municipalities and Regional Government.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H2258.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kip A. Diggs — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-27** Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-27** Senate concurred
+- **2025-05-05** Hearing scheduled for 05/13/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1
+- **2025-07-10** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-07-23** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-07-23** Rules suspended
+- **2025-07-23** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-09-18** Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-09-22** Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-12** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
+- **2026-03-12** Rules suspended
+- **2026-03-12** Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2026-03-16** Enacted `passage`
+- **2026-03-16** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2026-03-16** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 47 of the Acts of 2026 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0acc076c-18b1-4a77-83c1-79b0c9a5f820`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-2259.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act authorizing the Cotuit Fire District to raise and appropriate money for the Historical Society of Santuit and Cotuit"
+description: "By Representative Diggs of Barnstable, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2259) of Kip A. Diggs relative to authorizing the Cotuit Fire District to raise and appropriate money for the Historical Society of Santuit and Cotuit. Municipalities and Regional Government."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 2259"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 2259 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Kip A. Diggs"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-02-27"
+last_action: "2026-03-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35726a5d-075e-4332-ba7f-ebf3ac11bb7e"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H2259"
+source_hash: "3e84ef243f664a6d19019510385545de39156ed31f30ae8d69474822091ec3d9"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 2259 (194th) — An Act authorizing the Cotuit Fire District to raise and appropriate money for the Historical Society of Santuit and Cotuit
+
+By Representative Diggs of Barnstable, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2259) of Kip A. Diggs relative to authorizing the Cotuit Fire District to raise and appropriate money for the Historical Society of Santuit and Cotuit. Municipalities and Regional Government.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H2259.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kip A. Diggs — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-27** Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-27** Senate concurred
+- **2025-05-05** Hearing scheduled for 05/13/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1
+- **2025-07-10** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-07-23** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-07-23** Rules suspended
+- **2025-07-23** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-09-04** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-09-08** Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-12** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
+- **2026-03-12** Rules suspended
+- **2026-03-12** Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2026-03-16** Enacted `passage`
+- **2026-03-16** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2026-03-25** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 45 of the Acts of 2026 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/35726a5d-075e-4332-ba7f-ebf3ac11bb7e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-2268.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act Bridgewater town charter article II, legislative branch section 2-13(a) annual stipend"
+description: "By Representative Gallagher of Bridgewater, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2268) of Dennis C. Gallagher (by vote of the town) relative to the annual stipend of the town council of the town of Bridgewater. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 2268"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 2268 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Dennis C. Gallagher"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-02-27"
+last_action: "2026-02-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f613fd5c-9bd3-4821-a939-96af0158b140"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H2268"
+source_hash: "7abe5fd57557d76207813f4359d51b5ea45aebe47e18a55d976d0d455ec06661"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 2268 (194th) — An Act Bridgewater town charter article II, legislative branch section 2-13(a) annual stipend
+
+By Representative Gallagher of Bridgewater, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2268) of Dennis C. Gallagher (by vote of the town) relative to the annual stipend of the town council of the town of Bridgewater. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H2268.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Dennis C. Gallagher — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-27** Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-27** Senate concurred
+- **2025-05-05** Hearing scheduled for 05/13/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1
+- **2025-07-10** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-07-23** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-07-23** Rules suspended
+- **2025-07-23** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-09-29** Read third (title changed), amended and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-10-02** Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2026-02-05** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2026-02-05** Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-02-09** Enacted `passage`
+- **2026-02-09** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2026-02-12** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 20 of the Acts of 2026 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f613fd5c-9bd3-4821-a939-96af0158b140`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-2275.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act authorizing the city of Revere to pay a certain sum of money to Denise Mattera (Condelli), widow of School Committeeman Anthony Mattera"
+description: "By Representatives Giannino of Revere and Turco of Winthrop, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2275) of Jessica Ann Giannino and Jeffrey Rosario Turco (with the approval of the mayor and city council) relative to authorizing the city of Revere to pay a certain sum of money to Denise Mattera (Condelli), widow of School Committeeman Anthony Mattera. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 2275"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 2275 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-02-27"
+last_action: "2026-03-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf814e11-5412-4161-a3c3-65ffb4813e6b"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H2275"
+source_hash: "84c3a6afc005b7758b676ae800f2e5f6cbee3a8f35b6bdd9a71ce28e86a7cdb5"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 2275 (194th) — An Act authorizing the city of Revere to pay a certain sum of money to Denise Mattera (Condelli), widow of School Committeeman Anthony Mattera
+
+By Representatives Giannino of Revere and Turco of Winthrop, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2275) of Jessica Ann Giannino and Jeffrey Rosario Turco (with the approval of the mayor and city council) relative to authorizing the city of Revere to pay a certain sum of money to Denise Mattera (Condelli), widow of School Committeeman Anthony Mattera. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H2275.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jeffrey Rosario Turco — cosponsor (person)
+- Jessica Ann Giannino — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-27** Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-27** Senate concurred
+- **2025-05-05** Hearing scheduled for 05/13/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1
+- **2025-07-10** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-07-14** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-07-14** Rules suspended
+- **2025-07-14** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-07-28** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-07-31** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
+- **2025-10-16** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-05** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2026-03-05** Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-03-09** Enacted `passage`
+- **2026-03-12** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2026-03-20** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 40 of the Acts of 2026 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cf814e11-5412-4161-a3c3-65ffb4813e6b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-2313.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act relative to the Regional Commissions on the Status of Women"
+description: "By Representative Meschino of Hull, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2313) of Joan Meschino for legislation to remove the town of Hull from the Eastern Regional Commission on the Status of Women. Municipalities and Regional Government."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 2313"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 2313 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Joan Meschino"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-02-27"
+last_action: "2025-10-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b45bd97-3a57-4d68-b207-73e0dbedde59"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H2313"
+source_hash: "5b55ac48c9896317303a809e43f4425bf191b2082fff345914acbe1ff3fce381"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 2313 (194th) — An Act relative to the Regional Commissions on the Status of Women
+
+By Representative Meschino of Hull, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2313) of Joan Meschino for legislation to remove the town of Hull from the Eastern Regional Commission on the Status of Women. Municipalities and Regional Government.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H2313.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Joan Meschino — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-27** Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-27** Senate concurred
+- **2025-05-05** Hearing scheduled for 05/13/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1
+- **2025-07-10** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-08-07** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-08-07** Rules suspended
+- **2025-08-07** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-09-25** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-09-29** Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2025-10-20** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
+- **2025-10-20** Rules suspended
+- **2025-10-20** Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2025-10-22** Enacted `passage`
+- **2025-10-23** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2025-10-30** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 52 of the Acts of 2025 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8b45bd97-3a57-4d68-b207-73e0dbedde59`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-2320.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act relative to the position of treasurer-collector in the town of Berkley"
+description: "By Representative Orrall of Lakeville and Senator Dooner, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2320) of Norman J. Orrall and Kelly A. Dooner (by vote of the town) for legislation to authorize the town of Berkley to appoint the position of treasurer-collector in said town. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 2320"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 2320 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-02-27"
+last_action: "2025-10-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6fb21866-65f6-4137-a59b-0f6c19e32545"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H2320"
+source_hash: "4ef21e801bf3b6910b1b52d3e81f2fccee1bf870227aca94af24987eb00020bb"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 2320 (194th) — An Act relative to the position of treasurer-collector in the town of Berkley
+
+By Representative Orrall of Lakeville and Senator Dooner, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2320) of Norman J. Orrall and Kelly A. Dooner (by vote of the town) for legislation to authorize the town of Berkley to appoint the position of treasurer-collector in said town. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H2320.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kelly A. Dooner — cosponsor (person)
+- Norman J. Orrall — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-27** Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-27** Senate concurred
+- **2025-05-05** Hearing scheduled for 05/13/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1
+- **2025-07-10** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-07-21** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-07-21** Rules suspended
+- **2025-07-21** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-08-07** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-08-11** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
+- **2025-10-06** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2025-10-06** Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2025-10-08** Enacted `passage`
+- **2025-10-09** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2025-10-17** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 44 of the Acts of 2025 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6fb21866-65f6-4137-a59b-0f6c19e32545`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-2335.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act extending residency requirements for members of the regular police or fire departments and fire alarm division of the city of Newton"
+description: "By Representative Schwartz of Newton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2335) of Greg Schwartz, John J. Lawn, Jr. and Amy Mah Sangiolo (with the approval of the mayor and city council) relative to residency requirements for members of the regular police or fire departments and fire alarm division of the city of Newton. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 2335"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 2335 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Greg Schwartz"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-02-27"
+last_action: "2025-12-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a55c541-2e7e-48ca-bf97-368966a68ba2"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H2335"
+source_hash: "d45c6dda3bf7b6adb5f030bcaea3ae77a0a458eb7b1f813cef574c6823259d59"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 2335 (194th) — An Act extending residency requirements for members of the regular police or fire departments and fire alarm division of the city of Newton
+
+By Representative Schwartz of Newton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2335) of Greg Schwartz, John J. Lawn, Jr. and Amy Mah Sangiolo (with the approval of the mayor and city council) relative to residency requirements for members of the regular police or fire departments and fire alarm division of the city of Newton. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H2335.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Greg Schwartz — primary (person)
+- Amy Mah Sangiolo — cosponsor (person)
+- Cynthia Stone Creem — cosponsor (person)
+- John J. Lawn, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-27** Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-27** Senate concurred
+- **2025-05-05** Hearing scheduled for 05/13/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1
+- **2025-07-14** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-07-28** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading
+- **2025-07-30** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-10-30** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-11-03** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
+- **2025-11-13** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-11-24** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2025-11-24** Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-11-26** Enacted `passage`
+- **2025-11-26** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2025-12-04** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 83 of the Acts of 2025 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5a55c541-2e7e-48ca-bf97-368966a68ba2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-2341.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act relative to the charter of the town of Acushnet"
+description: "By Representative Sylvia of Fairhaven and Senator Montigny, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2341) of Mark D. Sylvia, Mark C. Montigny and Steven J. Ouellette (by vote of the town) relative to the charter of the town of Acushnet. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 2341"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 2341 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-02-27"
+last_action: "2026-01-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9959e352-68c7-4db1-804b-f95d315c26df"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H2341"
+source_hash: "a4919a4ddda9190154358771551ffaee9b2ae467d212f905eeed259691d536c4"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 2341 (194th) — An Act relative to the charter of the town of Acushnet
+
+By Representative Sylvia of Fairhaven and Senator Montigny, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2341) of Mark D. Sylvia, Mark C. Montigny and Steven J. Ouellette (by vote of the town) relative to the charter of the town of Acushnet. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H2341.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Mark C. Montigny — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark D. Sylvia — cosponsor (person)
+- Steven J. Ouellette — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-27** Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-27** Senate concurred
+- **2025-05-05** Hearing scheduled for 05/13/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1
+- **2025-07-14** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-07-31** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-07-31** Rules suspended
+- **2025-07-31** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-09-18** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-09-22** Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2025-12-31** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2025-12-31** Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-01-05** Enacted `passage`
+- **2026-01-05** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2026-01-12** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 100 of the Acts of 2025 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9959e352-68c7-4db1-804b-f95d315c26df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-2800.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act enhancing public safety in the town of Stoneham"
+description: "By Representative Day of Stoneham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2800) of Michael S. Day and Jason M. Lewis (by vote of the town) that town of Stoneham police department be authorized to waive the maximum age requirement for original appointment of police officers in said town. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.]"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 2800"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 2800 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Michael S. Day"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-02-27"
+last_action: "2026-06-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/91a1af83-ddfa-4f27-bb16-b2e3d0c4b213"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H2800"
+source_hash: "0fcf6edf78752171529946348c6878d8bb570d93dc594df8a54c928b9a93a17f"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 2800 (194th) — An Act enhancing public safety in the town of Stoneham
+
+By Representative Day of Stoneham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2800) of Michael S. Day and Jason M. Lewis (by vote of the town) that town of Stoneham police department be authorized to waive the maximum age requirement for original appointment of police officers in said town. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.]
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H2800.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Michael S. Day — primary (person)
+- Jason M. Lewis — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-27** Referred to the committee on Public Service `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-27** Senate concurred
+- **2025-04-09** Hearing scheduled for 04/14/2025 from 01:00 PM-04:00 PM in A-1
+- **2026-01-12** Accompanied a study order, see H4915
+- **2026-01-12** Reported from the committee on House Rules
+- **2026-01-12** Reported on the residue of H4915
+- **2026-01-12** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-05** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2026-02-05** Rules suspended
+- **2026-02-05** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-18** Rules suspended
+- **2026-03-18** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-03-19** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
+- **2026-04-09** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2026-05-26** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2026-05-26** Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-05-28** Enacted `passage`
+- **2026-05-28** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2026-06-05** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 94 of the Acts of 2026 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/91a1af83-ddfa-4f27-bb16-b2e3d0c4b213`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-2879.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act authorizing the continued employment of Steven A. Hilliger, firefighter of the town of Lancaster"
+description: "By Representative Kilcoyne of Clinton and Senator Cronin, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2879) of Meghan K. Kilcoyne and John J. Cronin (by vote of the town) that the fire department of the town of Lancaster be authorized to continue the employment of Steven A. Hilliger. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.]"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 2879"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 2879 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-02-27"
+last_action: "2025-11-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/32702f55-f752-492e-9c39-39235f1e0ce2"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H2879"
+source_hash: "7a00ce472f21fac107d9df980da91067faece6bb836628411e8ce2b7f8456609"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 2879 (194th) — An Act authorizing the continued employment of Steven A. Hilliger, firefighter of the town of Lancaster
+
+By Representative Kilcoyne of Clinton and Senator Cronin, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2879) of Meghan K. Kilcoyne and John J. Cronin (by vote of the town) that the fire department of the town of Lancaster be authorized to continue the employment of Steven A. Hilliger. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.]
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H2879.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- John J. Cronin — cosponsor (person)
+- Meghan K. Kilcoyne — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-27** Referred to the committee on Public Service `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-27** Senate concurred
+- **2025-05-01** Hearing scheduled for 05/07/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1
+- **2025-08-21** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-09-11** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-09-11** Rules suspended
+- **2025-09-11** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-11-06** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-11-10** Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2025-11-19** Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-11-20** Enacted `passage`
+- **2025-11-20** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2025-11-26** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 77 of the Acts of 2025 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/32702f55-f752-492e-9c39-39235f1e0ce2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-2917.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act relative to employees of the Dedham Westwood Water District"
+description: "By Representative McMurtry of Dedham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2917) of Paul McMurtry for legislation to further regulate the buy back of creditable service in the retirement system of Norfolk County by certain Dedham-Westwood Water District employees. Public Service."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 2917"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 2917 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Paul McMurtry"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-02-27"
+last_action: "2026-05-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d4e7636-38f5-443e-bb19-c1151d80bb46"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H2917"
+source_hash: "074fbfdf7a1fd7b7562a2647400302cff0703348eebda22d2bd359ed65d8250f"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 2917 (194th) — An Act relative to employees of the Dedham Westwood Water District
+
+By Representative McMurtry of Dedham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2917) of Paul McMurtry for legislation to further regulate the buy back of creditable service in the retirement system of Norfolk County by certain Dedham-Westwood Water District employees. Public Service.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H2917.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Paul McMurtry — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-27** Referred to the committee on Public Service `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-27** Senate concurred
+- **2025-05-08** Hearing scheduled for 05/12/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1
+- **2025-08-25** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-09-18** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-09-18** Rules suspended
+- **2025-09-18** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-11-05** Read third, amended and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-04-30** Read, rules suspended, read second, ordered to a third reading, read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-1, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2026-05-04** Enacted `passage`
+- **2026-05-04** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2026-05-12** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 76 of the Acts of 2026 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d4e7636-38f5-443e-bb19-c1151d80bb46`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-2985.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act authorizing Stephen Justice to take the civil service examination for the position of firefighter in the city of Haverhill notwithstanding the maximum age requirement"
+description: "By Representative Vargas of Haverhill, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2985) of Andres X. Vargas and Barry R. Finegold (with the approval of the mayor and city council) for legislation to authorize Stephen Justice to take the civil service examination for the position of firefighter in the city of Haverhill, notwithstanding the maximum age requirement. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.]"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 2985"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 2985 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Andres X. Vargas"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-02-27"
+last_action: "2026-04-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8fe395e-79c4-4258-b810-4904333b7e16"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H2985"
+source_hash: "dfb4392b74069ea0b25bc2c2664e56ad6995cc361b89d10f43e76680a72601bc"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 2985 (194th) — An Act authorizing Stephen Justice to take the civil service examination for the position of firefighter in the city of Haverhill notwithstanding the maximum age requirement
+
+By Representative Vargas of Haverhill, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2985) of Andres X. Vargas and Barry R. Finegold (with the approval of the mayor and city council) for legislation to authorize Stephen Justice to take the civil service examination for the position of firefighter in the city of Haverhill, notwithstanding the maximum age requirement. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.]
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H2985.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Andres X. Vargas — primary (person)
+- Barry R. Finegold — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-27** Referred to the committee on Public Service `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-27** Senate concurred
+- **2025-05-01** Hearing scheduled for 05/07/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1
+- **2025-08-21** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-09-15** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-09-15** Rules suspended
+- **2025-09-15** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-10-16** Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-10-20** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
+- **2025-11-06** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-30** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2026-03-30** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-04-02** Enacted `passage`
+- **2026-04-02** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2026-04-10** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 57 of the Acts of 2026 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8fe395e-79c4-4258-b810-4904333b7e16`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-2986.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act authorizing Javier Vargas to take the civil service examination for the position of firefighter in the city of Haverhill notwithstanding the maximum age requirement"
+description: "By Representative Vargas of Haverhill, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2986) of Andres X. Vargas and Barry R. Finegold (with the approval of the mayor and city council) for legislation to authorize Javier Vargas to take the civil service examination for the position of firefighter in the city of Haverhill, notwithstanding the maximum age requirement. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.]"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 2986"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 2986 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Andres X. Vargas"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-02-27"
+last_action: "2026-04-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/691165fe-cd28-43d3-8955-8a678443d1b2"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H2986"
+source_hash: "5dd189dc15c33b0dd73870e2c4670715322c3dae7b3191533d88eab0f7f7eac7"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 2986 (194th) — An Act authorizing Javier Vargas to take the civil service examination for the position of firefighter in the city of Haverhill notwithstanding the maximum age requirement
+
+By Representative Vargas of Haverhill, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2986) of Andres X. Vargas and Barry R. Finegold (with the approval of the mayor and city council) for legislation to authorize Javier Vargas to take the civil service examination for the position of firefighter in the city of Haverhill, notwithstanding the maximum age requirement. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.]
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H2986.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Andres X. Vargas — primary (person)
+- Barry R. Finegold — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-27** Referred to the committee on Public Service `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-27** Senate concurred
+- **2025-05-01** Hearing scheduled for 05/07/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1
+- **2025-08-21** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-09-15** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-09-15** Rules suspended
+- **2025-09-15** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-10-16** Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-10-20** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
+- **2025-11-06** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-30** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2026-03-30** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-04-02** Enacted `passage`
+- **2026-04-02** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2026-04-10** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 58 of the Acts of 2026 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/691165fe-cd28-43d3-8955-8a678443d1b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-2987.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act authorizing Brittany Sproule to take the civil service examination for the position of firefighter in the city of Haverhill notwithstanding the maximum age requirement"
+description: "By Representative Vargas of Haverhill, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2987) of Andres X. Vargas and Barry R. Finegold (with the approval of the mayor and city council) for legislation to authorize Brittany Sproule to take the civil service examination for the position of firefighter in the city of Haverhill, notwithstanding the maximum age requirement. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.]"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 2987"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 2987 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Andres X. Vargas"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-02-27"
+last_action: "2026-04-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3fb3686-04d1-40ac-8792-4f04a30ca23b"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H2987"
+source_hash: "5f31072a1070b712fceb0feedaf35b1553eb4dfcf82913c463645851e0c40f3e"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 2987 (194th) — An Act authorizing Brittany Sproule to take the civil service examination for the position of firefighter in the city of Haverhill notwithstanding the maximum age requirement
+
+By Representative Vargas of Haverhill, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2987) of Andres X. Vargas and Barry R. Finegold (with the approval of the mayor and city council) for legislation to authorize Brittany Sproule to take the civil service examination for the position of firefighter in the city of Haverhill, notwithstanding the maximum age requirement. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.]
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H2987.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Andres X. Vargas — primary (person)
+- Barry R. Finegold — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-27** Referred to the committee on Public Service `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-27** Senate concurred
+- **2025-05-01** Hearing scheduled for 05/07/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1
+- **2025-08-21** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-09-15** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-09-15** Rules suspended
+- **2025-09-15** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-10-16** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-10-20** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
+- **2025-11-06** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-30** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2026-03-30** Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-04-02** Enacted `passage`
+- **2026-04-02** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2026-04-10** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 59 of the Acts of 2026 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f3fb3686-04d1-40ac-8792-4f04a30ca23b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-2988.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act authorizing Freddy Castaneda to take the civil service examination for the position of police officer in the city of Haverhill notwithstanding the maximum age requirement"
+description: "By Representative Vargas of Haverhill, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2988) of Andres X. Vargas and Barry R. Finegold (with the approval of the mayor and city council) for legislation to authorize Freddy Castaneda to take the civil service examination for the position of police officer in the city of Haverhill, notwithstanding the maximum age requirement. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.]"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 2988"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 2988 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Andres X. Vargas"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-02-27"
+last_action: "2026-04-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4f91a06-fca2-41ba-ae3f-f8f6d322efc7"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H2988"
+source_hash: "200b2548a91b6f57f227be27559c1581a8cbffcb667ccfd737570a308275a803"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 2988 (194th) — An Act authorizing Freddy Castaneda to take the civil service examination for the position of police officer in the city of Haverhill notwithstanding the maximum age requirement
+
+By Representative Vargas of Haverhill, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2988) of Andres X. Vargas and Barry R. Finegold (with the approval of the mayor and city council) for legislation to authorize Freddy Castaneda to take the civil service examination for the position of police officer in the city of Haverhill, notwithstanding the maximum age requirement. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.]
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H2988.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Andres X. Vargas — primary (person)
+- Barry R. Finegold — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-27** Referred to the committee on Public Service `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-27** Senate concurred
+- **2025-05-01** Hearing scheduled for 05/07/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1
+- **2025-08-21** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-09-15** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-09-15** Rules suspended
+- **2025-09-15** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-10-20** Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-10-23** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
+- **2025-11-13** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-30** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2026-03-30** Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-04-02** Enacted `passage`
+- **2026-04-02** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2026-04-10** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 60 of the Acts of 2026 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d4f91a06-fca2-41ba-ae3f-f8f6d322efc7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-3026.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act allowing the town of Williamstown to expand financial eligibility for senior property tax exemption"
+description: "By Representative Barrett of North Adams, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3026) of John Barrett, III (by vote of the town) that the town of Williamstown be authorized to expand financial eligibility for the senior property tax exemption. Revenue. [Local Approval Received.]"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 3026"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 3026 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["John Barrett, III"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-02-27"
+last_action: "2026-02-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb9ec96f-7a79-4c1c-94dd-27bfd6913429"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H3026"
+source_hash: "2f0eb8497d1f546b5361b15aaee0f8c1ac16eb1a937424f579ce24ea35a553a9"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 3026 (194th) — An Act allowing the town of Williamstown to expand financial eligibility for senior property tax exemption
+
+By Representative Barrett of North Adams, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3026) of John Barrett, III (by vote of the town) that the town of Williamstown be authorized to expand financial eligibility for the senior property tax exemption. Revenue. [Local Approval Received.]
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H3026.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- John Barrett, III — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-27** Referred to the committee on Revenue `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-27** Senate concurred
+- **2025-04-02** Hearing scheduled for 04/08/2025 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-1
+- **2025-07-21** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-07-23** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-07-23** Rules suspended
+- **2025-07-23** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-10-30** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-11-03** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
+- **2025-11-13** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-09** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2026-02-09** Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-02-11** Enacted `passage`
+- **2026-02-12** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2026-02-19** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 29 of the Acts of 2026 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bb9ec96f-7a79-4c1c-94dd-27bfd6913429`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-3156.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act to increase the income limit for Clause 41A, Senior Tax Deferral Program in Ipswich"
+description: "By Representative Kassner of Hamilton and Senator Tarr, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3156) of Kristin E. Kassner and Bruce E. Tarr (by vote of the town) that the town of Ipswich be authorized to increase income limits for the real property senior tax deferral program in said town. Revenue. [Local Approval Received.]"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 3156"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 3156 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-02-27"
+last_action: "2025-09-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e890801f-6bf7-430a-88b3-4544fee4084b"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H3156"
+source_hash: "8f402d7c5e6ded1110d9fccfc8675ddb4f7178c6e367bb873218a0de46e9c0f2"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 3156 (194th) — An Act to increase the income limit for Clause 41A, Senior Tax Deferral Program in Ipswich
+
+By Representative Kassner of Hamilton and Senator Tarr, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3156) of Kristin E. Kassner and Bruce E. Tarr (by vote of the town) that the town of Ipswich be authorized to increase income limits for the real property senior tax deferral program in said town. Revenue. [Local Approval Received.]
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H3156.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bruce E. Tarr — cosponsor (person)
+- Kristin E. Kassner — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-27** Referred to the committee on Revenue `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-27** Senate concurred
+- **2025-05-08** Hearing scheduled for 05/13/2025 from 10:30 AM-01:00 PM in A-1
+- **2025-07-28** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-08-04** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-08-04** Rules suspended
+- **2025-08-04** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-08-28** Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-09-02** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
+- **2025-09-18** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2025-09-18** Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2025-09-22** Enacted `passage`
+- **2025-09-22** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2025-09-26** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 37 of the Acts of 2025 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e890801f-6bf7-430a-88b3-4544fee4084b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-3213.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act relative to the assessment of local property taxes in the city of Springfield"
+description: "By Representative Puppolo of Springfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3213) of Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr. (with the approval of the mayor and city council) relative to the assessment of local property taxes in the city of Springfield. Revenue. [Local Approval Received.]"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 3213"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 3213 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr."]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-02-27"
+last_action: "2026-04-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d9b16f9-caeb-4023-b450-d9e037fe27d9"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H3213"
+source_hash: "c29f9cb05c7588f69087609ebb5dba438abb9c8dbfea145ee8a903b26eac5582"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 3213 (194th) — An Act relative to the assessment of local property taxes in the city of Springfield
+
+By Representative Puppolo of Springfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3213) of Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr. (with the approval of the mayor and city council) relative to the assessment of local property taxes in the city of Springfield. Revenue. [Local Approval Received.]
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H3213.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr. — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-27** Referred to the committee on Revenue `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-27** Senate concurred
+- **2025-04-02** Hearing scheduled for 04/08/2025 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-1
+- **2025-07-21** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-07-28** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading
+- **2025-07-30** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-08-28** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-09-02** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
+- **2025-10-16** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2026-04-06** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2026-04-06** Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-04-08** Enacted `passage`
+- **2026-04-08** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2026-04-16** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 63 of the Acts of 2026 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d9b16f9-caeb-4023-b450-d9e037fe27d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-3298.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act relative to Machado-Joseph Disease Awareness Day"
+description: "By Representative Cabral of New Bedford and Senator Rodrigues, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3298) of Antonio F. D. Cabral, Michael J. Rodrigues and Christopher M. Markey for the annual issuance of a proclamation by the Governor setting apart July 2 as Machado-Joseph disease awareness day. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 3298"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 3298 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-02-27"
+last_action: "2025-09-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f22087d-48c0-42e0-ac48-d842b9de0ad8"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H3298"
+source_hash: "8abc5b8af382005450cb98581a582bd94a60eaddbf23ced9f75b67e1c1b401c9"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 3298 (194th) — An Act relative to Machado-Joseph Disease Awareness Day
+
+By Representative Cabral of New Bedford and Senator Rodrigues, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3298) of Antonio F. D. Cabral, Michael J. Rodrigues and Christopher M. Markey for the annual issuance of a proclamation by the Governor setting apart July 2 as Machado-Joseph disease awareness day. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H3298.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Antonio F. D. Cabral — cosponsor (person)
+- Christopher M. Markey — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-27** Referred to the committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-27** Senate concurred
+- **2025-05-07** Hearing scheduled for 05/13/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2
+- **2025-07-03** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-07-17** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-07-17** Rules suspended
+- **2025-07-17** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-08-04** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-08-07** Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2025-09-18** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
+- **2025-09-18** Rules suspended
+- **2025-09-18** Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2025-09-18** Enacted `passage`
+- **2025-09-18** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2025-09-19** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 32 of the Acts of 2025 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f22087d-48c0-42e0-ac48-d842b9de0ad8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-3306.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act establishing the fourth Thursday in march as Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day"
+description: "By Representative Ciccolo of Lexington, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3306) of Michelle L. Ciccolo and others for legislation to establish the fourth Thursday in march as Tuskegee Airmen commemoration day. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 3306"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 3306 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Michelle L. Ciccolo"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-02-27"
+last_action: "2026-01-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54736278-b497-4be0-921c-d61640fee3b9"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H3306"
+source_hash: "074f40cbac725bf189dc64d0d15b7fa9633c2b2d5d637480a67c30e61d88906a"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 3306 (194th) — An Act establishing the fourth Thursday in march as Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day
+
+By Representative Ciccolo of Lexington, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3306) of Michelle L. Ciccolo and others for legislation to establish the fourth Thursday in march as Tuskegee Airmen commemoration day. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H3306.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Michelle L. Ciccolo — primary (person)
+- Christopher J. Worrell — cosponsor (person)
+- Greg Schwartz — cosponsor (person)
+- James B. Eldridge — cosponsor (person)
+- Kenneth P. Sweezey — cosponsor (person)
+- Leigh Davis — cosponsor (person)
+- Richard G. Wells, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Rodney M. Elliott — cosponsor (person)
+- Russell E. Holmes — cosponsor (person)
+- Samantha Montaño — cosponsor (person)
+- Tara T. Hong — cosponsor (person)
+- Vanna Howard — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-27** Referred to the committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-27** Senate concurred
+- **2025-05-07** Hearing scheduled for 05/13/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2
+- **2025-07-30** Reporting date extended to Wednesday, December 3, 2025
+- **2025-10-30** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-11-12** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-11-12** Rules suspended
+- **2025-11-12** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-12-18** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-12-22** Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-15** Committee recommended ought to pass and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-01-15** Accompanied by S2153
+- **2026-01-15** Rules suspended, read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2026-01-20** Enacted `passage`
+- **2026-01-20** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2026-01-29** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 11 of the Acts of 2026 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/54736278-b497-4be0-921c-d61640fee3b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-3388.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act designating veterans suicide awareness and remembrance day"
+description: "By Representative Meschino of Hull, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3388) of Joan Meschino and others for the issuance of an annual proclamation by the Governor to designate September 22 as military service members and veterans suicide awareness and remembrance day. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 3388"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 3388 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Joan Meschino"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-02-27"
+last_action: "2025-11-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42e2597a-a0e3-4fab-a823-ca01dee220e7"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H3388"
+source_hash: "8c7cded304c963f31b95d1edbd3e7c7120883dff0ccf0384abe314b1ea187192"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 3388 (194th) — An Act designating veterans suicide awareness and remembrance day
+
+By Representative Meschino of Hull, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3388) of Joan Meschino and others for the issuance of an annual proclamation by the Governor to designate September 22 as military service members and veterans suicide awareness and remembrance day. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H3388.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Joan Meschino — primary (person)
+- Brian M. Ashe — cosponsor (person)
+- Colleen M. Garry — cosponsor (person)
+- David F. DeCoste — cosponsor (person)
+- Homar Gómez — cosponsor (person)
+- Justin Thurber — cosponsor (person)
+- Patrick Joseph Kearney — cosponsor (person)
+- Richard G. Wells, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Steven J. Ouellette — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-27** Referred to the committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-27** Senate concurred
+- **2025-05-30** Hearing scheduled for 06/04/2025 from 11:00 AM-05:00 PM in Gardner Auditorium
+- **2025-08-18** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-08-28** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-08-28** Rules suspended
+- **2025-08-28** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-09-18** Read third, amended and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-09-22** Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2025-10-30** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
+- **2025-10-30** Accompanied by S2189
+- **2025-10-30** Rules suspended
+- **2025-10-30** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-11-06** Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-11-10** Emergency preamble adopted
+- **2025-11-10** Emergency preamble adopted
+- **2025-11-12** Enacted `passage`
+- **2025-11-13** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2025-11-19** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 66 of the Acts of 2025 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/42e2597a-a0e3-4fab-a823-ca01dee220e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-360.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act relative to certain licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises in the city of Holyoke"
+description: "By Representative Duffy of Holyoke, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 360) of Patricia A. Duffy (with the approval of the mayor and city council) relative to certain licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises in the city of Holyoke. Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure. [Local Approval Received.]"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 360"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 360 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Patricia A. Duffy"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-02-27"
+last_action: "2025-10-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b9b32e2-dda0-4f19-9ac8-e919c84bcd3b"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H360"
+source_hash: "7ad3cfd1852f0afcdab009c0aaab2934662d629cac3ef86fd367a956b294806c"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 360 (194th) — An Act relative to certain licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises in the city of Holyoke
+
+By Representative Duffy of Holyoke, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 360) of Patricia A. Duffy (with the approval of the mayor and city council) relative to certain licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises in the city of Holyoke. Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure. [Local Approval Received.]
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H360.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Patricia A. Duffy — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-27** Referred to the committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-27** Senate concurred
+- **2025-05-05** Hearing scheduled for 05/12/2025 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-2
+- **2025-07-17** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-07-28** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-07-28** Rules suspended
+- **2025-07-28** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-08-21** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-08-25** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
+- **2025-09-08** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2025-09-08** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-09-29** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2025-09-29** Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-10-02** Enacted `passage`
+- **2025-10-02** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2025-10-10** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 41 of the Acts of 2025 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0b9b32e2-dda0-4f19-9ac8-e919c84bcd3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-3893.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act authorizing the town of Lexington to grant ten additional licenses for the sale of wine and malt beverages to be drunk on the premises"
+description: "By Representative Ciccolo of Lexington, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3893) of Michelle L. Ciccolo (by vote of the town) that the town of Lexington be authorized to grant ten additional licenses for the sale of wine and malt beverages to be drunk on the premises. Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure. [Local Approval Received.]"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 3893"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 3893 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Michelle L. Ciccolo"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-03-13"
+last_action: "2025-09-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e660f68a-091f-40f9-b8fb-2ec0aca28970"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H3893"
+source_hash: "76ecd4d27d3ff2c3a57014d377ab478eb40c6969d3f1b1578d2d018ef76cf62f"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 3893 (194th) — An Act authorizing the town of Lexington to grant ten additional licenses for the sale of wine and malt beverages to be drunk on the premises
+
+By Representative Ciccolo of Lexington, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3893) of Michelle L. Ciccolo (by vote of the town) that the town of Lexington be authorized to grant ten additional licenses for the sale of wine and malt beverages to be drunk on the premises. Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure. [Local Approval Received.]
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H3893.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Michelle L. Ciccolo — primary (person)
+- Cindy F. Friedman — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-13** Referred to the committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-31** Senate concurred
+- **2025-05-05** Hearing scheduled for 05/12/2025 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-2
+- **2025-07-17** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-07-23** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-07-23** Rules suspended
+- **2025-07-23** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-08-18** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-08-21** Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2025-09-15** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2025-09-15** Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-09-17** Enacted `passage`
+- **2025-09-18** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2025-09-26** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 36 of the Acts of 2025 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e660f68a-091f-40f9-b8fb-2ec0aca28970`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-3898.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act to amend the town of Natick home rule charter"
+description: "By Representative Linsky of Natick, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3898) of David Paul Linsky (by vote of the town) relative to the charter of the town of Natick. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 3898"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 3898 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["David Paul Linsky"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 21
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-03-13"
+last_action: "2026-03-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7907e517-7204-44e8-b16f-41e7b68c1e13"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H3898"
+source_hash: "c5f5f5a8f519bf9791b3c68a14f946712f4b40b7199a8dc7f3c41fd4fdaf0ce0"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 3898 (194th) — An Act to amend the town of Natick home rule charter
+
+By Representative Linsky of Natick, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3898) of David Paul Linsky (by vote of the town) relative to the charter of the town of Natick. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H3898.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- David Paul Linsky — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-13** Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-17** Senate concurred
+- **2025-05-05** Hearing scheduled for 05/13/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1
+- **2025-07-14** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-07-28** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading
+- **2025-07-30** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-09-15** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-09-18** Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2026-02-05** The report was accepted
+- **2026-02-05** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2026-02-05** Read third (title changed) `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-05** Bills in the Third Reading report accepted, see S2953
+- **2026-02-05** Passed to be engrossed `passage`
+- **2026-02-09** Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-26** Rules suspended
+- **2026-02-26** House concurred in the Senate amendment with a further amendment
+- **2026-03-02** Rules suspended
+- **2026-03-02** Senate concurred in the further House amendment
+- **2026-03-02** Enacted `passage`
+- **2026-03-05** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2026-03-12** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 39 of the Acts of 2026 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7907e517-7204-44e8-b16f-41e7b68c1e13`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-3901.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act exempting the position of assistant fire chief in the town of Natick from the civil service law"
+description: "By Representative Linsky of Natick, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3901) of David Paul Linsky (by vote of the town) that the town of Natick be authorized to exempt the position of assistant fire chief from certain provisions of the civil service law. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.]"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 3901"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 3901 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["David Paul Linsky"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-03-13"
+last_action: "2025-11-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7312e27-3d51-4710-bdd4-5f7253f402ad"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H3901"
+source_hash: "574d9350a56e575a9979b1f36eee92152a6a1b1702a2ca7605863ee3db92b776"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 3901 (194th) — An Act exempting the position of assistant fire chief in the town of Natick from the civil service law
+
+By Representative Linsky of Natick, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3901) of David Paul Linsky (by vote of the town) that the town of Natick be authorized to exempt the position of assistant fire chief from certain provisions of the civil service law. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.]
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H3901.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- David Paul Linsky — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-13** Referred to the committee on Public Service `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-17** Senate concurred
+- **2025-05-08** Hearing scheduled for 05/12/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1
+- **2025-08-25** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-09-15** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-09-15** Rules suspended
+- **2025-09-15** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-10-09** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-10-14** Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2025-10-23** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2025-10-23** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-10-27** Enacted `passage`
+- **2025-10-30** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2025-11-06** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 55 of the Acts of 2025 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f7312e27-3d51-4710-bdd4-5f7253f402ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-3912.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act increasing the membership of the board of health of the town of Marblehead from three members to five"
+description: "By Representative Armini of Marblehead and Senator Crighton, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3912) of Jennifer Balinsky Armini and Brendan P. Crighton (by vote of the town) that the town of Marblehead be authorized to increase the membership of the board of health in said town from three members to five. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 3912"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 3912 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 24
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-03-17"
+last_action: "2025-12-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17651120-2fd5-4dd3-b07d-743f95c51431"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H3912"
+source_hash: "bde95c075f56a588b1a2651a70cdbc5c4df204342b702ce8c49b970d4c46b46a"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 3912 (194th) — An Act increasing the membership of the board of health of the town of Marblehead from three members to five
+
+By Representative Armini of Marblehead and Senator Crighton, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3912) of Jennifer Balinsky Armini and Brendan P. Crighton (by vote of the town) that the town of Marblehead be authorized to increase the membership of the board of health in said town from three members to five. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H3912.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brendan P. Crighton — cosponsor (person)
+- Jennifer Balinsky Armini — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-17** Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-10** Senate concurred
+- **2025-05-05** Hearing scheduled for 05/13/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1
+- **2025-07-14** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-07-23** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-07-23** Rules suspended
+- **2025-07-23** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-08-14** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-08-18** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
+- **2025-09-02** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2025-09-02** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-11-13** Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-11-17** Enacted `passage`
+- **2025-11-17** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2025-11-26** Governor returned to the House with amendment
+- **2025-12-01** For message, see H4798
+- **2025-12-01** Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading `referral-committee`
+- **2025-12-04** Governor's amendment considered (in the form approved by the committee on Bills in the Third Reading)
+- **2025-12-04** Governor's amendment adopted `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-12-11** Rules suspended
+- **2025-12-11** Governor's amendment adopted `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-12-15** Re-enacted
+- **2025-12-15** Re-enacted and again laid before the Governor
+- **2025-12-18** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 90 of the Acts of 2025 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/17651120-2fd5-4dd3-b07d-743f95c51431`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-3916.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act to authorize the city of Westfield to establish an age limit for original appointment to the position of police officer"
+description: "By Representative Pease of Westfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3916) of Kelly W. Pease (with the approval of the mayor and city council) that the city of Westfield be authorized to establish an age limit for original appointment to the position of police officer in said city. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.]"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 3916"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 3916 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Kelly W. Pease"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-03-17"
+last_action: "2025-12-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f909e65c-bf4e-40a1-ac5a-f95b3206c1ff"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H3916"
+source_hash: "06d7402f57099b76627eb4cf78f50d64ecb066f2a5d62687cfc974b76b21fbda"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 3916 (194th) — An Act to authorize the city of Westfield to establish an age limit for original appointment to the position of police officer
+
+By Representative Pease of Westfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3916) of Kelly W. Pease (with the approval of the mayor and city council) that the city of Westfield be authorized to establish an age limit for original appointment to the position of police officer in said city. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.]
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H3916.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kelly W. Pease — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-17** Referred to the committee on Public Service `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-17** Senate concurred
+- **2025-05-08** Hearing scheduled for 05/12/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1
+- **2025-08-25** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-09-29** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading
+- **2025-09-29** Rules suspended
+- **2025-09-29** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-10-23** Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-10-27** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
+- **2025-11-13** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-12-08** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2025-12-08** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-12-11** Enacted `passage`
+- **2025-12-11** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2025-12-22** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 89 of the Acts of 2025 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f909e65c-bf4e-40a1-ac5a-f95b3206c1ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-3925.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act directing the city of Boston Police Department to waive the maximum age requirement for Pierre Charles Darius of Mattapan"
+description: "By Representative Fluker-Reid of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3925) of Brandy Fluker-Reid (with the approval of the mayor and city council) for legislation to authorize the appointment of Pierre Charles Darius as a police officer in the city of Boston, notwithstanding the maximum age requirement. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.]"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 3925"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 3925 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brandy Fluker-Reid"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-03-20"
+last_action: "2026-03-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6991301a-ffcd-4ec7-adc5-b4cacc5905f9"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H3925"
+source_hash: "a90523c34300f4349c23087a193fc55b80cb5b72116bb46bbd92c4cde3f8ed7d"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 3925 (194th) — An Act directing the city of Boston Police Department to waive the maximum age requirement for Pierre Charles Darius of Mattapan
+
+By Representative Fluker-Reid of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3925) of Brandy Fluker-Reid (with the approval of the mayor and city council) for legislation to authorize the appointment of Pierre Charles Darius as a police officer in the city of Boston, notwithstanding the maximum age requirement. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.]
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H3925.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brandy Fluker-Reid — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-20** Referred to the committee on Public Service `referral-committee`
+- **2025-07-21** Senate concurred
+- **2025-09-03** Hearing scheduled for 09/10/2025 from 1:00 PM-4:00 PM in A-1
+- **2025-09-10** Hearing rescheduled to 09/10/2025 from 01:00 PM-01:30 PM in A-1 and Virtual Hearing updated to New End Time
+- **2025-12-29** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-08** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2026-01-08** Rules suspended
+- **2026-01-08** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2026-01-22** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-01-27** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
+- **2026-02-12** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-26** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2026-03-26** Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-03-30** Enacted `passage`
+- **2026-03-30** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2026-03-30** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 52 of the Acts of 2026 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6991301a-ffcd-4ec7-adc5-b4cacc5905f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-3952.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act authorizing Dartmouth Fire District No. 1 to appoint the position of Treasurer"
+description: "By Representative Markey of Dartmouth, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3952) of Christopher M. Markey that Dartmouth Fire District No. 1 be authorized to appoint the position of treasurer. Municipalities and Regional Government."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 3952"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 3952 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Christopher M. Markey"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-03-31"
+last_action: "2025-12-31"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/483ef2ae-59ec-4ef3-b2eb-0cd09d030a79"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H3952"
+source_hash: "937e7de1af775d819f0f9fe39210df185da2700f7ce5db22f6aa54da19f0377b"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 3952 (194th) — An Act authorizing Dartmouth Fire District No. 1 to appoint the position of Treasurer
+
+By Representative Markey of Dartmouth, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3952) of Christopher M. Markey that Dartmouth Fire District No. 1 be authorized to appoint the position of treasurer. Municipalities and Regional Government.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H3952.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Christopher M. Markey — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-31** Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-03** Senate concurred
+- **2025-05-05** Hearing scheduled for 05/13/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1
+- **2025-07-14** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-07-17** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-07-17** Rules suspended
+- **2025-07-17** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-08-25** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-08-28** Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2025-12-22** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
+- **2025-12-22** Rules suspended
+- **2025-12-22** Read second, ordered to a third reading read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2025-12-24** Enacted `passage`
+- **2025-12-24** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2025-12-31** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 96 of the Acts of 2025 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/483ef2ae-59ec-4ef3-b2eb-0cd09d030a79`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-3977.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act providing for alternate members of the conservation commission of the town of Becket"
+description: "By Representative Davis of Great Barrington and Senator Mark, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3977) of Leigh Davis (by vote of the town) that the town of Becket be authorized to provide for alternate members of the conservation commission of said town. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 3977"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 3977 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-03-31"
+last_action: "2026-02-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/990cf1ed-b2da-4911-8af3-9296533d83bd"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H3977"
+source_hash: "c3a3f622966d89fe8380ccc1fdededc4c06fa31855ab46fa4516818d02d1c77f"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 3977 (194th) — An Act providing for alternate members of the conservation commission of the town of Becket
+
+By Representative Davis of Great Barrington and Senator Mark, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3977) of Leigh Davis (by vote of the town) that the town of Becket be authorized to provide for alternate members of the conservation commission of said town. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H3977.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Leigh Davis — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-31** Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-03** Senate concurred
+- **2025-05-05** Hearing scheduled for 05/13/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1
+- **2025-07-14** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-07-28** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading
+- **2025-07-30** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-11-06** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-11-10** Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2026-02-17** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2026-02-17** Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-02-19** Enacted `passage`
+- **2026-02-19** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2026-02-26** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 33 of the Acts of 2026 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/990cf1ed-b2da-4911-8af3-9296533d83bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-3979.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act authorizing the City of Melrose to establish a means tested senior citizen property tax exemption"
+description: "By Representative Lipper-Garabedian of Melrose, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3979) of Kate Lipper-Garabedian (with the approval of the mayor and city council) that the city of Melrose be authorized to establish a means tested senior citizen property tax exemption in said city. Revenue. [Local Approval Received.]"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 3979"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 3979 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Kate Lipper-Garabedian"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-03-31"
+last_action: "2025-09-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f41447ac-d9c9-4556-bfe3-af739ed6f265"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H3979"
+source_hash: "c4c677dd3b0cad8a798d8a103553f5b6c93bc2b5fec1519d5b7ebaf09783edb5"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 3979 (194th) — An Act authorizing the City of Melrose to establish a means tested senior citizen property tax exemption
+
+By Representative Lipper-Garabedian of Melrose, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3979) of Kate Lipper-Garabedian (with the approval of the mayor and city council) that the city of Melrose be authorized to establish a means tested senior citizen property tax exemption in said city. Revenue. [Local Approval Received.]
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H3979.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kate Lipper-Garabedian — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-31** Referred to the committee on Revenue `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-03** Senate concurred
+- **2025-05-08** Hearing scheduled for 05/13/2025 from 10:30 AM-01:00 PM in A-1
+- **2025-07-28** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-07-31** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-07-31** Rules suspended
+- **2025-07-31** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-08-11** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-08-14** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
+- **2025-09-15** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2025-09-15** Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2025-09-17** Enacted `passage`
+- **2025-09-18** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2025-09-26** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 35 of the Acts of 2025 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f41447ac-d9c9-4556-bfe3-af739ed6f265`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-4004.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act validating the results of the special election held in the town of Hardwick on January 18, 2025"
+description: "Message from Her Excellency the Governor (under Section 8 of Article LXXXIX of the Amendments to the Constitution) recommending legislation relative to validating the results of the special election held in the town of Hardwick on January 18, 2025."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 4004"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 4004 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-04-03"
+last_action: "2025-08-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5854cde8-f188-4872-9fbf-04c344f30fca"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4004"
+source_hash: "8bf857688d7742e1061adc960acade7a83de05be572cef8111d0f1605c7d37e9"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 4004 (194th) — An Act validating the results of the special election held in the town of Hardwick on January 18, 2025
+
+Message from Her Excellency the Governor (under Section 8 of Article LXXXIX of the Amendments to the Constitution) recommending legislation relative to validating the results of the special election held in the town of Hardwick on January 18, 2025.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4004.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Maura T. Healey — primary (organization)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-04-03** Read; and referred to the committee on Election Laws `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-07** Senate concurred
+- **2025-04-28** Hearing scheduled for 05/06/2025 from 01:00 PM-04:00 PM in B-1
+- **2025-07-10** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-07-14** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-07-14** Rules suspended
+- **2025-07-14** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-07-23** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-07-24** Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2025-08-14** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2025-08-14** Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-08-18** Enacted `passage`
+- **2025-08-20** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 18 of the Acts of 2025 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5854cde8-f188-4872-9fbf-04c344f30fca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-4006.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act authorizing the town of Dartmouth to grant an additional license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises"
+description: "By Representative Markey of Dartmouth, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4006) of Christopher M. Markey (by vote of the town) that the town of Dartmouth be authorized to grant an additional license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises in said town. Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure. [Local Approval Received.]"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 4006"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 4006 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Christopher M. Markey"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-04-07"
+last_action: "2026-05-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95890526-911c-4dbd-b0c9-3257222db49c"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4006"
+source_hash: "ff69efec39c49cd9b916fc10373235edc56d0af0026c9fadc2e71b83996ad178"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 4006 (194th) — An Act authorizing the town of Dartmouth to grant an additional license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises
+
+By Representative Markey of Dartmouth, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4006) of Christopher M. Markey (by vote of the town) that the town of Dartmouth be authorized to grant an additional license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises in said town. Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure. [Local Approval Received.]
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4006.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Christopher M. Markey — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-04-07** Referred to the committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-01** Senate concurred
+- **2025-05-23** Hearing scheduled for 06/02/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-2
+- **2025-07-17** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-07-31** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-07-31** Rules suspended
+- **2025-07-31** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-11-13** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-11-17** Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2026-05-14** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2026-05-14** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-05-18** Enacted `passage`
+- **2026-05-18** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2026-05-26** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 88 of the Acts of 2026 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/95890526-911c-4dbd-b0c9-3257222db49c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-4007.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act relative to the composition of the licensing board for the city of Salem"
+description: "By Representative Cruz of Salem, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4007) of Manny Cruz (with the approval of the mayor and city council) relative to the composition of the licensing board for the city of Salem. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 4007"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 4007 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-04-07"
+last_action: "2026-03-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57691b84-27dd-4299-8965-a7d0a4639728"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4007"
+source_hash: "354b8d72926abb14eb4df2a6de21fb54a6c2e1d35749b6ef6b4cb2c8d69366bf"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 4007 (194th) — An Act relative to the composition of the licensing board for the city of Salem
+
+By Representative Cruz of Salem, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4007) of Manny Cruz (with the approval of the mayor and city council) relative to the composition of the licensing board for the city of Salem. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4007.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Joan B. Lovely — cosponsor (person)
+- Manny Cruz — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-04-07** Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government `referral-committee`
+- **2025-10-23** Senate concurred
+- **2025-10-31** Hearing scheduled for 10/31/2025 from 11:00 AM-02:00 PM in Written Testimony Only
+- **2025-11-13** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-12-04** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-12-04** Rules suspended
+- **2025-12-04** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-12-29** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-12-31** Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2026-03-12** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2026-03-12** Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-03-16** Enacted `passage`
+- **2026-03-16** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2026-03-25** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 46 of the Acts of 2026 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/57691b84-27dd-4299-8965-a7d0a4639728`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-4009.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act authorizing the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority to provide sewer services to a certain parcel of land in the town of Sharon"
+description: "By Representative Philips of Sharon, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Edward R. Philips and Michael F. Rush for legislation to authorize the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority to provide sewer services to a certain parcel of land in the town of Sharon. Environment and Natural Resources."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 4009"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 4009 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Edward R. Philips"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-03-31"
+last_action: "2025-11-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c65079a5-88b2-494b-8261-60c516939145"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4009"
+source_hash: "f893d327e938ab3e3c69432d88aafdfe22df591b0926a18baa146cd6a2aabbe9"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 4009 (194th) — An Act authorizing the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority to provide sewer services to a certain parcel of land in the town of Sharon
+
+By Representative Philips of Sharon, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Edward R. Philips and Michael F. Rush for legislation to authorize the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority to provide sewer services to a certain parcel of land in the town of Sharon. Environment and Natural Resources.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4009.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Edward R. Philips — primary (person)
+- Michael F. Rush — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-31** Referred to the committee on House Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-07** Reported, referred to the committee on Joint Rules, reported, rules suspended and referred to the committee on Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-10** Senate concurred
+- **2025-04-23** Hearing scheduled for 05/06/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1
+- **2025-07-10** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-07-21** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-07-21** Rules suspended
+- **2025-07-21** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-07-31** Read third, amended and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-08-04** Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2025-10-20** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session with an amendment
+- **2025-10-20** Rules suspended
+- **2025-10-20** Read second, amended (as recommended by the committee on Senate Rules), ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2025-10-23** Motion to reconsider prevailed
+- **2025-10-23** Amendment (Senate Rules) rejected `amendment-failure`
+- **2025-10-23** Ordered to a third reading
+- **2025-10-23** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-10-27** Emergency preamble adopted
+- **2025-10-27** Emergency preamble adopted
+- **2025-10-27** Enacted `passage`
+- **2025-10-30** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2025-11-06** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 54 of the Acts of 2025 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c65079a5-88b2-494b-8261-60c516939145`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-4030.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act relative to the organization and governance structure of the town of Rochester"
+description: "By Representative Sylvia of Fairhaven and Senator Rodrigues, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4030) of Mark D. Sylvia and Michael J. Rodrigues (by vote of the town) relative to the organization and governance structure of the town of Rochester. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 4030"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 4030 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-04-10"
+last_action: "2026-01-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c925aecd-6b7f-4cee-92ad-5d6e467a2904"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4030"
+source_hash: "f3d58ef177ca5d50c8b0052e0c1363b9ab93dd0cb630b11e42b1440c6ee30c4b"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 4030 (194th) — An Act relative to the organization and governance structure of the town of Rochester
+
+By Representative Sylvia of Fairhaven and Senator Rodrigues, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4030) of Mark D. Sylvia and Michael J. Rodrigues (by vote of the town) relative to the organization and governance structure of the town of Rochester. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4030.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Mark D. Sylvia — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael J. Rodrigues — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-04-10** Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-14** Senate concurred
+- **2025-05-05** Hearing scheduled for 05/13/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1
+- **2025-07-14** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-07-31** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-07-31** Rules suspended
+- **2025-07-31** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-09-15** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-09-18** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
+- **2025-10-16** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-12-24** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2025-12-24** Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-12-31** Enacted `passage`
+- **2025-12-31** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2026-01-09** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 99 of the Acts of 2025 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c925aecd-6b7f-4cee-92ad-5d6e467a2904`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-4031.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act increasing the age limit for retired police officers serving as special police officers in the town of Weston"
+description: "By Representative Peisch of Wellesley and Senator Barrett, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4031) of Alice Hanlon Peisch (by vote of the town) relative to increasing the age limit for retired police officers serving as special police officers in the town of Weston. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.]"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 4031"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 4031 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-04-14"
+last_action: "2026-01-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49197f97-af8d-49a7-826f-50217410b89a"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4031"
+source_hash: "19ae21722cf8962af0d82d58e5deaf0908a0842ace5b65644229ae5f2b9f20c2"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 4031 (194th) — An Act increasing the age limit for retired police officers serving as special police officers in the town of Weston
+
+By Representative Peisch of Wellesley and Senator Barrett, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4031) of Alice Hanlon Peisch (by vote of the town) relative to increasing the age limit for retired police officers serving as special police officers in the town of Weston. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.]
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4031.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Alice Hanlon Peisch — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-04-14** Referred to the committee on Public Service `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-17** Senate concurred
+- **2025-05-08** Hearing scheduled for 05/12/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1
+- **2025-08-25** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-08-28** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-08-28** Rules suspended
+- **2025-08-28** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-09-22** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-09-25** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
+- **2025-10-23** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-12-11** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2025-12-11** Read third `reading-3`
+- **2025-12-11** Amended (Barrett) by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S2860 `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-12-11** Passed to be engrossed `passage`
+- **2025-12-15** Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-08** House concurred in the Senate amendment
+- **2026-01-12** Enacted `passage`
+- **2026-01-12** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2026-01-21** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 4 of the Acts of 2026 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/49197f97-af8d-49a7-826f-50217410b89a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-4056.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act relative to the Lanesborough Select Board"
+description: "By Representative Barrett of North Adams, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4056) of John Barrett, III (by vote of the town) for legislation to increase the membership of the select board of the town of Lanesborough. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 4056"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 4056 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["John Barrett, III"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-04-24"
+last_action: "2025-10-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7e2ff49-12be-4dbc-b958-6bad9ba2d133"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4056"
+source_hash: "89a6bd254b66c0e7f7039dada70458c58c64c521f17702a16e1f34445e9da605"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 4056 (194th) — An Act relative to the Lanesborough Select Board
+
+By Representative Barrett of North Adams, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4056) of John Barrett, III (by vote of the town) for legislation to increase the membership of the select board of the town of Lanesborough. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4056.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- John Barrett, III — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-04-24** Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-28** Senate concurred
+- **2025-06-03** Hearing scheduled for 06/10/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1
+- **2025-07-14** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-07-31** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-07-31** Rules suspended
+- **2025-07-31** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-09-04** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-09-08** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
+- **2025-10-16** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-10-20** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2025-10-20** Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-10-22** Enacted `passage`
+- **2025-10-23** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2025-10-30** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 51 of the Acts of 2025 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b7e2ff49-12be-4dbc-b958-6bad9ba2d133`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-4057.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act to authorize the mayor of the city of Haverhill to submit special legislation to increase the membership of the board of health from three members to five members"
+description: "By Representative Vargas of Haverhill, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4057) of Andres X. Vargas (with the approval of the mayor and city council) that the city of Haverhill be authorized to increase the membership of the board of health in said city from three members to five members. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 4057"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 4057 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Andres X. Vargas"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-04-24"
+last_action: "2026-05-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79a7eea4-c31d-439c-b163-fdd1053bbc07"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4057"
+source_hash: "56e387817ae6a5d7261928b87bfc9b043bf6b9a7db3e8cd7ecd59954c628b3f4"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 4057 (194th) — An Act to authorize the mayor of the city of Haverhill to submit special legislation to increase the membership of the board of health from three members to five members
+
+By Representative Vargas of Haverhill, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4057) of Andres X. Vargas (with the approval of the mayor and city council) that the city of Haverhill be authorized to increase the membership of the board of health in said city from three members to five members. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4057.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Andres X. Vargas — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-04-24** Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-28** Senate concurred
+- **2025-06-03** Hearing scheduled for 06/10/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1
+- **2025-07-14** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-08-11** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-08-11** Rules suspended
+- **2025-08-11** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-09-04** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-09-08** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
+- **2025-10-16** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2026-04-23** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2026-04-23** Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-04-27** Enacted `passage`
+- **2026-04-30** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2026-05-08** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 72 of the Acts of 2026 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79a7eea4-c31d-439c-b163-fdd1053bbc07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-4100.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2025 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects."
+description: "An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2025 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 4100"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 4100 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-05-12"
+last_action: "2025-05-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6dda71b0-3f8d-4361-b555-1e1ad74f8e75"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4100"
+source_hash: "cc76eefb930423eb912755421e6979a056a87f70720ccee6d969676d85eb1dc9"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 4100 (194th) — An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2025 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4100.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- House Committee on Ways and Means — primary (organization)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-05-12** Reported by the committee on House Ways and Means
+- **2025-05-12** Reported on a part of H4003
+- **2025-05-12** Committee recommended ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-12** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-05-12** Rules suspended
+- **2025-05-12** Read second, ordered to a third reading, rules suspended, read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2025-05-15** Read, rules suspended, read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-1, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2025-05-15** Emergency preamble adopted
+- **2025-05-15** Emergency preamble adopted
+- **2025-05-15** Enacted `passage`
+- **2025-05-15** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2025-05-15** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 3 of the Acts of 2025 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6dda71b0-3f8d-4361-b555-1e1ad74f8e75`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-4103.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Steven Forget, an employee of the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office"
+description: "By Representative Higgins of Leominster and Senator Cronin, a joint petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Natalie M. Higgins and John J. Cronin for legislation to establish a sick leave bank for Steven Forget, an employee of the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office. Public Service."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 4103"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 4103 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-05-01"
+last_action: "2025-07-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47b6afde-a645-42ea-93fb-842d41c0265e"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4103"
+source_hash: "5a0be9adc014049844b50fce6c377dc3d36cfef2283c4c8690cb71abb931702b"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 4103 (194th) — An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Steven Forget, an employee of the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office
+
+By Representative Higgins of Leominster and Senator Cronin, a joint petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Natalie M. Higgins and John J. Cronin for legislation to establish a sick leave bank for Steven Forget, an employee of the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office. Public Service.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4103.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- John J. Cronin — cosponsor (person)
+- Natalie M. Higgins — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-05-01** Referred to the committee on House Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-08** Reported, referred to the committee on Joint Rules, reported, rules suspended and referred to the committee on Public Service `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-12** Senate concurred
+- **2025-05-22** Hearing scheduled for 05/28/2025 from 01:00 PM-04:00 PM in A-2
+- **2025-05-29** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-29** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-05-29** Rules suspended
+- **2025-05-29** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-06-09** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-06-12** Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2025-07-03** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2025-07-03** Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-07-07** Emergency preamble adopted
+- **2025-07-07** Emergency preamble adopted
+- **2025-07-07** Enacted `passage`
+- **2025-07-07** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2025-07-09** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 11 of the Acts of 2025 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/47b6afde-a645-42ea-93fb-842d41c0265e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-4104.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Daniel Yender, an employee of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation"
+description: "By Representative Shand of Newburyport, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Dawne Shand for legislation to establish a sick leave bank for Daniel Yender, an employee of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. Public Service."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 4104"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 4104 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Dawne Shand"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-05-05"
+last_action: "2025-07-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9071d290-1927-4c46-b1e2-2a6cc258df34"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4104"
+source_hash: "169a41663681df8803f8d9621fb3da2fdba4734908e1ac129949a1a1f34aba6e"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 4104 (194th) — An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Daniel Yender, an employee of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation
+
+By Representative Shand of Newburyport, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Dawne Shand for legislation to establish a sick leave bank for Daniel Yender, an employee of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. Public Service.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4104.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Dawne Shand — primary (person)
+- Bruce E. Tarr — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-05-05** Referred to the committee on House Rules, reported, referred to the committee on Joint Rules, reported, rules suspended and referred to the committee on Public Service `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-12** Senate concurred
+- **2025-05-22** Hearing scheduled for 05/28/2025 from 01:00 PM-04:00 PM in A-2
+- **2025-05-29** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-29** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-05-29** Rules suspended
+- **2025-05-29** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-06-12** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-06-16** Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2025-07-17** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2025-07-17** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-07-21** Emergency preamble adopted
+- **2025-07-21** Emergency preamble adopted
+- **2025-07-21** Enacted `passage`
+- **2025-07-21** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2025-07-28** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 13 of the Acts of 2025 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9071d290-1927-4c46-b1e2-2a6cc258df34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-4135.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act amending the town manager act of Arlington relative to the appointment and management of the town clerk"
+description: "By Representative Garballey of Arlington and Senator Friedman, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4135) of Sean Garballey, Cindy F. Friedman and David M. Rogers (by vote of the town) relative to the appointment and management of the town clerk in the town of Arlington. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 4135"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 4135 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-05-12"
+last_action: "2025-11-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22e9d43b-b65f-4027-b976-acb2b2da4639"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4135"
+source_hash: "163b2270e5a5bb976873f525bcaee83a17ad45561d73de0db8fffb81f6ad2171"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 4135 (194th) — An Act amending the town manager act of Arlington relative to the appointment and management of the town clerk
+
+By Representative Garballey of Arlington and Senator Friedman, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4135) of Sean Garballey, Cindy F. Friedman and David M. Rogers (by vote of the town) relative to the appointment and management of the town clerk in the town of Arlington. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4135.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cindy F. Friedman — cosponsor (person)
+- David M. Rogers — cosponsor (person)
+- Sean Garballey — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-05-12** Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-15** Senate concurred
+- **2025-06-03** Hearing scheduled for 06/10/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1
+- **2025-07-14** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-07-24** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-07-24** Rules suspended
+- **2025-07-24** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-10-30** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-11-03** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
+- **2025-11-10** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2025-11-10** Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2025-11-12** Enacted `passage`
+- **2025-11-13** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2025-11-20** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 69 of the Acts of 2025 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/22e9d43b-b65f-4027-b976-acb2b2da4639`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-4136.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act relative to stabilization funds in the town of Leicester"
+description: "By Representative LeBoeuf of Worcester, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4136) of David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf (by vote of the town) relative to stabilization funds in the town of Leicester. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 4136"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 4136 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-05-12"
+last_action: "2025-10-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/220691d5-771c-450b-aca8-1172b81396f7"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4136"
+source_hash: "6a5b41f69180f4d90f976e32163ad466ceca4298bf4ae8e779eb1bd051184596"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 4136 (194th) — An Act relative to stabilization funds in the town of Leicester
+
+By Representative LeBoeuf of Worcester, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4136) of David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf (by vote of the town) relative to stabilization funds in the town of Leicester. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4136.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-05-12** Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-15** Senate concurred
+- **2025-06-03** Hearing scheduled for 06/10/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1
+- **2025-07-14** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-07-28** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading
+- **2025-07-30** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-09-15** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-09-18** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
+- **2025-10-06** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2025-10-06** Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2025-10-08** Enacted `passage`
+- **2025-10-09** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2025-10-17** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 45 of the Acts of 2025 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/220691d5-771c-450b-aca8-1172b81396f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-4139.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act authorizing the town of Wellesley to dissolve its Housing Development Corporation"
+description: "By Representative Peisch of Wellesley and Senator Creem, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4139) of Alice Hanlon Peisch (by vote of the town) that the town of Wellesley be authorized to dissolve the housing development corporation of said town. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 4139"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 4139 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-05-12"
+last_action: "2025-09-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/427b1d29-8db0-45da-94f1-b95575d2736f"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4139"
+source_hash: "f2a83b149cf455074a3790804d9b474b0590170cdd4b25b689edd40f4cc3b880"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 4139 (194th) — An Act authorizing the town of Wellesley to dissolve its Housing Development Corporation
+
+By Representative Peisch of Wellesley and Senator Creem, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4139) of Alice Hanlon Peisch (by vote of the town) that the town of Wellesley be authorized to dissolve the housing development corporation of said town. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4139.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Alice Hanlon Peisch — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-05-12** Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-15** Senate concurred
+- **2025-06-03** Hearing scheduled for 06/10/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1
+- **2025-07-14** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-07-23** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-07-23** Rules suspended
+- **2025-07-23** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-08-04** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-08-07** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
+- **2025-08-25** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2025-08-25** Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2025-08-28** Enacted `passage`
+- **2025-08-28** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2025-09-05** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 24 of the Acts of 2025 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/427b1d29-8db0-45da-94f1-b95575d2736f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-4140.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act relative to non-civil service public safety personnel in the town of Wellesley"
+description: "By Representative Peisch of Wellesley and Senator Creem, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4140) of Alice Hanlon Peisch (by vote of the town) that the town of Wellesley be authorized to increase the 15-mile residency limit to certain non-civil service public safety personnel. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 4140"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 4140 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-05-12"
+last_action: "2025-10-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8515672f-b32e-4902-b3ee-e80bff26c5a4"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4140"
+source_hash: "9b66808e81823ba7467fff67562138240bc96253cb32238a7fffea3e2eea6671"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 4140 (194th) — An Act relative to non-civil service public safety personnel in the town of Wellesley
+
+By Representative Peisch of Wellesley and Senator Creem, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4140) of Alice Hanlon Peisch (by vote of the town) that the town of Wellesley be authorized to increase the 15-mile residency limit to certain non-civil service public safety personnel. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4140.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Alice Hanlon Peisch — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-05-12** Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-15** Senate concurred
+- **2025-06-03** Hearing scheduled for 06/10/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1
+- **2025-07-14** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-07-23** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-07-23** Rules suspended
+- **2025-07-23** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-08-18** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-08-21** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
+- **2025-10-16** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2025-10-16** Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2025-10-20** Enacted `passage`
+- **2025-10-20** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2025-10-29** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 49 of the Acts of 2025 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8515672f-b32e-4902-b3ee-e80bff26c5a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-4142.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act directing the city of Boston police department to waive the maximum age requirement for police officers for Jason DeLeon"
+description: "By Representative Tyler of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4142) of Chynah Tyler (with the approval of the mayor and city council) for legislation to authorize the appointment of Jason DeLeon as a police officer in the city of Boston, notwithstanding the maximum age requirement. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.]"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 4142"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 4142 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Chynah Tyler"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-05-12"
+last_action: "2026-03-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de138141-3233-40b9-bad6-2776e96fc463"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4142"
+source_hash: "3d4eaa147954a1d8939caef9f4cafc4c48f89ddb76591057bc08ba3f017ae87c"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 4142 (194th) — An Act directing the city of Boston police department to waive the maximum age requirement for police officers for Jason DeLeon
+
+By Representative Tyler of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4142) of Chynah Tyler (with the approval of the mayor and city council) for legislation to authorize the appointment of Jason DeLeon as a police officer in the city of Boston, notwithstanding the maximum age requirement. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.]
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4142.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chynah Tyler — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-05-12** Referred to the committee on Public Service `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-15** Senate concurred
+- **2025-09-03** Hearing scheduled for 09/10/2025 from 1:00 PM-4:00 PM in A-1
+- **2025-09-10** Hearing rescheduled to 09/10/2025 from 01:00 PM-01:30 PM in A-1 and Virtual Hearing updated to New End Time
+- **2025-12-29** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-05** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2026-01-05** Rules suspended
+- **2026-01-05** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2026-01-23** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-01-27** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
+- **2026-02-12** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-19** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2026-03-19** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-03-23** Enacted `passage`
+- **2026-03-23** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2026-03-25** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 43 of the Acts of 2026 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/de138141-3233-40b9-bad6-2776e96fc463`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-4143.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act relative to real property tax deferrals in the town of Wellesley"
+description: "By Representative Peisch of Wellesley and Senator Creem, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4143) of Alice Hanlon Peisch (by vote of the town) relative to real property tax deferrals in the town of Wellesley. Revenue. [Local Approval Received.]"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 4143"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 4143 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-05-12"
+last_action: "2026-03-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa6be449-53fc-411b-9d1b-ed5c57272e2e"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4143"
+source_hash: "16cfb33b3a975ea50d40a93f2c869d571c8fff0c5da6643364b8c7e5c18be7fa"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 4143 (194th) — An Act relative to real property tax deferrals in the town of Wellesley
+
+By Representative Peisch of Wellesley and Senator Creem, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4143) of Alice Hanlon Peisch (by vote of the town) relative to real property tax deferrals in the town of Wellesley. Revenue. [Local Approval Received.]
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4143.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Alice Hanlon Peisch — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-05-12** Referred to the committee on Revenue `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-15** Senate concurred
+- **2025-07-11** Hearing scheduled for 07/22/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2
+- **2025-07-14** Hearing canceled – new hearing TBD
+- **2025-10-28** Hearing scheduled for 11/07/2025 from 10:00 AM-02:00 PM in Gardner Auditorium
+- **2026-01-15** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-22** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2026-01-22** Rules suspended
+- **2026-01-22** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-09** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-02-12** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
+- **2026-03-05** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2026-03-05** Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2026-03-09** Enacted `passage`
+- **2026-03-12** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2026-03-20** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 41 of the Acts of 2026 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa6be449-53fc-411b-9d1b-ed5c57272e2e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-4149.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act relative to the charter in the city of Lynn"
+description: "By Representative Cahill of Lynn, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4149) of Daniel Cahill (with the approval of the mayor and city council) relative to the charter in the city of Lynn. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 4149"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 4149 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Daniel Cahill"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-05-19"
+last_action: "2025-12-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec96a632-25ff-4af4-a006-0c7d7b6bf89d"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4149"
+source_hash: "53dbedfb5be2625b74b045f58b1a8c71adf82df0db813cfa1d145b30e47b9bd5"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 4149 (194th) — An Act relative to the charter in the city of Lynn
+
+By Representative Cahill of Lynn, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4149) of Daniel Cahill (with the approval of the mayor and city council) relative to the charter in the city of Lynn. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4149.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Daniel Cahill — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-05-19** Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-20** Senate concurred
+- **2025-06-17** Hearing scheduled for 06/24/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1
+- **2025-07-16** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-07-31** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-07-31** Rules suspended
+- **2025-07-31** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-09-22** Read third, amended, and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-09-25** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
+- **2025-10-23** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-11-03** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2025-11-03** Read third `reading-3`
+- **2025-11-03** Amended (Crighton) by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S2693 `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-11-03** Passed to be engrossed `passage`
+- **2025-11-05** Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading `referral-committee`
+- **2025-11-26** House concurred in the Senate amendment
+- **2025-12-01** Enacted `passage`
+- **2025-12-01** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2025-12-09** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 84 of the Acts of 2025 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ec96a632-25ff-4af4-a006-0c7d7b6bf89d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-4154.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act relative to the town of Richmond Free Public Library"
+description: "By Representative Davis of Great Barrington and Senator Mark, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4154) of Leigh Davis (by vote of the town) relative to the town of Richmond Free Public Library. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 4154"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 4154 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-05-22"
+last_action: "2025-12-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/491df5be-bfad-4a0c-b1b3-45cb5448702a"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4154"
+source_hash: "7b46ea26e7a6e7b73b4274cbaf20a4f2750fc5fccc4eb8e91c2f196f8b8fe9dd"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 4154 (194th) — An Act relative to the town of Richmond Free Public Library
+
+By Representative Davis of Great Barrington and Senator Mark, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4154) of Leigh Davis (by vote of the town) relative to the town of Richmond Free Public Library. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4154.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Leigh Davis — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-05-22** Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-27** Senate concurred
+- **2025-06-17** Hearing scheduled for 06/24/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1
+- **2025-07-16** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-08-14** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-08-14** Rules suspended
+- **2025-08-14** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-09-22** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-09-25** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
+- **2025-10-23** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-11-24** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2025-11-24** Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-11-26** Enacted `passage`
+- **2025-11-26** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2025-12-04** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 81 of the Acts of 2025 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/491df5be-bfad-4a0c-b1b3-45cb5448702a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-4156.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act establishing a charter for the city of Cambridge"
+description: "By Representative Decker of Cambridge, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4156) of Marjorie C. Decker (with the approval of the city council) for legislation to establish a charter for the city of Cambridge. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 4156"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 4156 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Marjorie C. Decker"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 21
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-05-27"
+last_action: "2025-09-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d5d12a9-49b1-4e76-9837-07039d74431b"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4156"
+source_hash: "4b98c46c00738ea29fb45add4ba69430e3cf8f9c84932b1af5634fe2f9407e16"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 4156 (194th) — An Act establishing a charter for the city of Cambridge
+
+By Representative Decker of Cambridge, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4156) of Marjorie C. Decker (with the approval of the city council) for legislation to establish a charter for the city of Cambridge. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4156.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Marjorie C. Decker — primary (person)
+- Mike Connolly — cosponsor (person)
+- Steven Owens — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-05-27** Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-29** Senate concurred
+- **2025-06-17** Hearing scheduled for 06/24/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1
+- **2025-07-16** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-07-28** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-07-28** Rules suspended
+- **2025-07-28** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-08-11** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-08-14** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
+- **2025-09-08** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2025-09-08** Read second `reading-2`
+- **2025-09-08** Amended (DiDomenico) by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S2598 `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-09-08** Ordered to a third reading
+- **2025-09-08** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-09-08** Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading `referral-committee`
+- **2025-09-11** House concurred in the Senate amendment with a further amendment
+- **2025-09-11** Rules suspended
+- **2025-09-11** Senate concurred in the House further amendment
+- **2025-09-11** Enacted `passage`
+- **2025-09-11** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2025-09-16** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 27 of the Acts of 2025 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d5d12a9-49b1-4e76-9837-07039d74431b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-4158.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act expanding the select board of the town of Weston"
+description: "By Representative Peisch of Wellesley and Senator Barrett, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4158) of Alice Hanlon Peisch (by vote of the town) that the town of Weston be authorized to expand its select board from three to five members. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 4158"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 4158 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-05-27"
+last_action: "2025-10-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1792477f-33d0-4aa4-9924-0b1fef9647dd"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4158"
+source_hash: "dfc17e52eea3a958d7c46d478669722af5534105e9c8cd7f0e6b921b84c381e4"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 4158 (194th) — An Act expanding the select board of the town of Weston
+
+By Representative Peisch of Wellesley and Senator Barrett, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4158) of Alice Hanlon Peisch (by vote of the town) that the town of Weston be authorized to expand its select board from three to five members. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4158.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Alice Hanlon Peisch — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-05-27** Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-29** Senate concurred
+- **2025-06-17** Hearing scheduled for 06/24/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1
+- **2025-07-16** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-07-23** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-07-23** Rules suspended
+- **2025-07-23** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-07-31** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-08-04** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
+- **2025-09-25** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2025-09-25** Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2025-09-29** Enacted `passage`
+- **2025-09-29** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2025-10-08** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 38 of the Acts of 2025 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1792477f-33d0-4aa4-9924-0b1fef9647dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-4161.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act relative to a sick leave bank for Mark Kratman, an employee of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation"
+description: "An Act relative to a sick leave bank for Mark Kratman, an employee of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 4161"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 4161 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-05-29"
+last_action: "2025-07-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aff1ea30-6366-4fbb-abaa-f84387cd1b47"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4161"
+source_hash: "9f2b75c0435b82a6da9af00d3610d46c3ef3dc13913d2114d543fae65b2e3f89"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 4161 (194th) — An Act relative to a sick leave bank for Mark Kratman, an employee of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4161.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Joint Committee on Public Service — primary (organization)
+- Barry R. Finegold — cosponsor (person)
+- Colleen M. Garry — cosponsor (person)
+- David Allen Robertson — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-05-29** Reported from the committee on Public Service
+- **2025-05-29** New draft of H4102
+- **2025-05-29** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-29** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-05-29** Rules suspended
+- **2025-05-29** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-06-12** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-06-16** Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2025-07-17** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2025-07-17** Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-07-21** Emergency preamble adopted
+- **2025-07-21** Emergency preamble adopted
+- **2025-07-21** Enacted `passage`
+- **2025-07-21** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2025-07-28** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 12 of the Acts of 2025 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aff1ea30-6366-4fbb-abaa-f84387cd1b47`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-4168.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act authorizing the town of Acton to increase the residency limit for members of its police and fire departments"
+description: "By Representatives Sena of Acton and Cataldo of Concord, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4168) of Danillo A. Sena and Simon Cataldo (by vote of the town) that the town of Acton be authorized to increase the residency limit for members of the police and fire departments of said town. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 4168"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 4168 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-05-29"
+last_action: "2025-12-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9db49b56-b45d-4e0f-ad7d-3143fb001a94"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4168"
+source_hash: "4ff77f2939558ae20c31f4bb36891fa9dac23698c78666f879c023d52c3b3104"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 4168 (194th) — An Act authorizing the town of Acton to increase the residency limit for members of its police and fire departments
+
+By Representatives Sena of Acton and Cataldo of Concord, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4168) of Danillo A. Sena and Simon Cataldo (by vote of the town) that the town of Acton be authorized to increase the residency limit for members of the police and fire departments of said town. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4168.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Danillo A. Sena — cosponsor (person)
+- James B. Eldridge — cosponsor (person)
+- Simon Cataldo — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-05-29** Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-02** Senate concurred
+- **2025-06-17** Hearing scheduled for 06/24/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1
+- **2025-07-16** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-08-04** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-08-04** Rules suspended
+- **2025-08-04** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-09-29** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-10-02** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
+- **2025-10-23** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-11-24** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2025-11-24** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-11-26** Enacted `passage`
+- **2025-11-26** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2025-12-04** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 80 of the Acts of 2025 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9db49b56-b45d-4e0f-ad7d-3143fb001a94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-4170.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act relative to the office of ward 7 councilor in the city of Marlborough"
+description: "By Representatives Gregoire of Marlborough and Gentile of Sudbury, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4170) of Danielle W. Gregoire and Carmine Lawrence Gentile (with the approval of the mayor and city council) relative to a vacancy in the office of ward 7 councilor in the city of Marlborough. Election Laws. [Local Approval Received.]"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 4170"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 4170 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-05-29"
+last_action: "2025-11-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39ca8e9f-2ce9-4e8a-a7bc-f62618dd7264"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4170"
+source_hash: "88a20491848c8263414b5378127e1198ba128453683424bcbc06733be2da16a7"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 4170 (194th) — An Act relative to the office of ward 7 councilor in the city of Marlborough
+
+By Representatives Gregoire of Marlborough and Gentile of Sudbury, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4170) of Danielle W. Gregoire and Carmine Lawrence Gentile (with the approval of the mayor and city council) relative to a vacancy in the office of ward 7 councilor in the city of Marlborough. Election Laws. [Local Approval Received.]
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4170.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Carmine Lawrence Gentile — cosponsor (person)
+- Danielle W. Gregoire — cosponsor (person)
+- James B. Eldridge — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-05-29** Referred to the committee on Election Laws `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-02** Senate concurred
+- **2025-06-27** Hearing scheduled for 07/08/2025 from 01:00 PM-04:00 PM in B-1
+- **2025-10-15** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-10-27** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-10-27** Rules suspended
+- **2025-10-27** Read second, ordered to a third reading, rules suspended, read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2025-10-30** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
+- **2025-11-10** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2025-11-10** Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2025-11-12** Enacted `passage`
+- **2025-11-13** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2025-11-19** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 65 of the Acts of 2025 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/39ca8e9f-2ce9-4e8a-a7bc-f62618dd7264`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-4171.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act relative to any vacancy among town meeting members in Milford"
+description: "By Representative Murray of Milford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4171) of Brian W. Murray (by vote of the town) relative to vacancies among town meeting members in the town of Milford. Election Laws. [Local Approval Received.]"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 4171"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 4171 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brian W. Murray"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-05-29"
+last_action: "2026-02-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10e9d90c-d58d-4e72-97b3-a0161ebcc595"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4171"
+source_hash: "4f1b32c7dc24c36b28398551446806902477bb0b691093e72b2a729cd99ac51b"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 4171 (194th) — An Act relative to any vacancy among town meeting members in Milford
+
+By Representative Murray of Milford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4171) of Brian W. Murray (by vote of the town) relative to vacancies among town meeting members in the town of Milford. Election Laws. [Local Approval Received.]
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4171.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brian W. Murray — primary (person)
+- Rebecca L. Rausch — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-05-29** Referred to the committee on Election Laws `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-02** Senate concurred
+- **2025-06-27** Hearing scheduled for 07/08/2025 from 01:00 PM-04:00 PM in B-1
+- **2025-10-15** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-10-30** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-10-30** Rules suspended
+- **2025-10-30** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-11-20** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-11-24** Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2026-01-08** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2026-01-08** Read third (title changed) `reading-3`
+- **2026-01-08** Amended by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S2904 `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-01-08** Passed to be engrossed `passage`
+- **2026-01-12** Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-29** House concurred in the Senate amendment
+- **2026-01-29** Enacted `passage`
+- **2026-01-29** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2026-02-06** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 17 of the Acts of 2026 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/10e9d90c-d58d-4e72-97b3-a0161ebcc595`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-4173.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act amending the special legislation establishing the Acton Memorial Library"
+description: "By Representatives Sena of Acton and Cataldo of Concord, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4173) of Danillo A. Sena (by vote of the town) for legislation to amend the special legislation establishing the Acton Memorial Library in the town of Acton. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 4173"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 4173 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-05-29"
+last_action: "2025-12-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8cd6ce7-cbc2-4e11-b016-c63afc86d249"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4173"
+source_hash: "ad3190adbdc6cc076bd1d149dcbfb0f51356594c1c7bedd313c3dadc710d5c15"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 4173 (194th) — An Act amending the special legislation establishing the Acton Memorial Library
+
+By Representatives Sena of Acton and Cataldo of Concord, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4173) of Danillo A. Sena (by vote of the town) for legislation to amend the special legislation establishing the Acton Memorial Library in the town of Acton. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4173.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Danillo A. Sena — cosponsor (person)
+- James B. Eldridge — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-05-29** Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-02** Senate concurred
+- **2025-06-17** Hearing scheduled for 06/24/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1
+- **2025-07-16** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-08-04** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-08-04** Rules suspended
+- **2025-08-04** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-09-11** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-09-15** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
+- **2025-10-16** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-12-11** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2025-12-11** Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-12-15** Enacted `passage`
+- **2025-12-15** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2025-12-22** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 93 of the Acts of 2025 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d8cd6ce7-cbc2-4e11-b016-c63afc86d249`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-4175.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act relative to the charter of the town of Provincetown"
+description: "By Representative Luddy of Orleans and Senator Cyr, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4175) of Hadley Luddy and Julian Cyr (by vote of the town) relative to fire department governance in the town of Provincetown. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 4175"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 4175 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-05-29"
+last_action: "2026-01-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55788466-7cd7-44f9-9250-d325f44bd1be"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4175"
+source_hash: "32f0df6688914b809ecbb5a060313e633fcaaebe6ca9058cdffc22a9bff4f225"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 4175 (194th) — An Act relative to the charter of the town of Provincetown
+
+By Representative Luddy of Orleans and Senator Cyr, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4175) of Hadley Luddy and Julian Cyr (by vote of the town) relative to fire department governance in the town of Provincetown. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4175.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hadley Luddy — cosponsor (person)
+- Julian Cyr — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-05-29** Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-02** Senate concurred
+- **2025-06-17** Hearing scheduled for 06/24/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1
+- **2025-07-16** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-08-14** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-08-14** Rules suspended
+- **2025-08-14** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-09-18** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-09-22** Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2026-01-12** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2026-01-12** Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-01-15** Enacted `passage`
+- **2026-01-15** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2026-01-22** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 5 of the Acts of 2026 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/55788466-7cd7-44f9-9250-d325f44bd1be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-4176.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act relative to the charter of the town of Provincetown"
+description: "By Representative Luddy of Orleans and Senator Cyr, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4176) of Hadley Luddy and Julian Cyr (by vote of the town) relative to town boards in the town of Provincetown. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 4176"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 4176 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-05-29"
+last_action: "2026-01-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c323da6-b5d9-4fbb-9289-10a7414e23a6"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4176"
+source_hash: "631bc393ba2c10d0fcbe2a000e6f88e7113d0e91ff2695b92651cc656097aacf"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 4176 (194th) — An Act relative to the charter of the town of Provincetown
+
+By Representative Luddy of Orleans and Senator Cyr, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4176) of Hadley Luddy and Julian Cyr (by vote of the town) relative to town boards in the town of Provincetown. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4176.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hadley Luddy — cosponsor (person)
+- Julian Cyr — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-05-29** Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-02** Senate concurred
+- **2025-06-17** Hearing scheduled for 06/24/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1
+- **2025-07-16** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-08-14** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-08-14** Rules suspended
+- **2025-08-14** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-09-18** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-09-22** Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2026-01-20** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2026-01-20** Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-01-22** Enacted `passage`
+- **2026-01-22** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2026-01-30** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 12 of the Acts of 2026 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4c323da6-b5d9-4fbb-9289-10a7414e23a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-4182.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Jato Charlotin, an employee of Massachusetts Department of Transportation"
+description: "By Representative Scanlon of North Attleborough and Senator Feeney, a joint petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Adam J. Scanlon for legislation to establish a sick leave bank for Jato Charlotin, an employee of Massachusetts Department of Transportation. Public Service."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 4182"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 4182 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-05-15"
+last_action: "2025-07-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd19c105-5ee6-4f0a-8b7c-8f322e4a3fcd"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4182"
+source_hash: "e923c7df96fb117872a64cf1318e5fca9cb9b6b6e5e3dc3e7f593ee69b94d1a9"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 4182 (194th) — An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Jato Charlotin, an employee of Massachusetts Department of Transportation
+
+By Representative Scanlon of North Attleborough and Senator Feeney, a joint petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Adam J. Scanlon for legislation to establish a sick leave bank for Jato Charlotin, an employee of Massachusetts Department of Transportation. Public Service.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4182.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Adam J. Scanlon — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-05-15** Referred to the committee on House Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-29** Reported, referred to the committee on Joint Rules, reported, rules suspended and referred to the committee on Public Service `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-02** Senate concurred
+- **2025-06-04** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-05** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-06-05** Rules suspended
+- **2025-06-05** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-06-16** Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-06-18** Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2025-06-30** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2025-06-30** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-07-03** Emergency preamble adopted
+- **2025-07-03** Emergency preamble adopted
+- **2025-07-03** Enacted `passage`
+- **2025-07-03** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2025-07-04** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 10 of the Acts of 2025 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fd19c105-5ee6-4f0a-8b7c-8f322e4a3fcd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-4205.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act authorizing the city of Watertown to lease property at 124 Watertown street, Watertown (former Parker school)"
+description: "By Representatives Owens of Watertown and Lawn of Watertown, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4205) of Steven Owens (with the approval of the city council) that the city of Watertown be authorized to lease space at the former Parker school in said city. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 4205"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 4205 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-06-05"
+last_action: "2025-11-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dfbedab1-3497-43e7-8f50-0ce67d06b9c6"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4205"
+source_hash: "dd06d98aef377c07069f8806e6b0c0f7900d084dd4d3d45eeb6e07d180b09f9a"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 4205 (194th) — An Act authorizing the city of Watertown to lease property at 124 Watertown street, Watertown (former Parker school)
+
+By Representatives Owens of Watertown and Lawn of Watertown, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4205) of Steven Owens (with the approval of the city council) that the city of Watertown be authorized to lease space at the former Parker school in said city. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4205.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Steven Owens — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-06-05** Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-09** Senate concurred
+- **2025-06-17** Hearing scheduled for 06/24/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1
+- **2025-07-16** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-07-23** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-07-23** Rules suspended
+- **2025-07-23** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-09-22** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-09-25** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
+- **2025-10-23** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-10-30** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2025-10-30** Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-11-03** Enacted `passage`
+- **2025-11-03** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2025-11-12** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 60 of the Acts of 2025 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dfbedab1-3497-43e7-8f50-0ce67d06b9c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-4210.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act relative to the town resident requirement for the town manager of the town of Dalton"
+description: "By Representative Davis of Great Barrington and Senator Mark, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4210) of Leigh Davis (by vote of the town) relative to the town resident requirement for the town manager of the town of Dalton. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 4210"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 4210 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-06-09"
+last_action: "2025-12-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02439982-9d5e-43a3-bcff-4e017e657322"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4210"
+source_hash: "59bd7c1f49387f6f44b9afeb13740ca51e956121bc067424697afe91b122d535"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 4210 (194th) — An Act relative to the town resident requirement for the town manager of the town of Dalton
+
+By Representative Davis of Great Barrington and Senator Mark, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4210) of Leigh Davis (by vote of the town) relative to the town resident requirement for the town manager of the town of Dalton. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4210.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Leigh Davis — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-06-09** Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-12** Senate concurred
+- **2025-07-09** Hearing scheduled for 07/22/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1
+- **2025-08-04** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-09-02** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-09-02** Rules suspended
+- **2025-09-02** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-10-02** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-10-06** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
+- **2025-10-23** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-12-15** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2025-12-15** Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-12-18** Enacted `passage`
+- **2025-12-18** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2025-12-19** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 92 of the Acts of 2025 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/02439982-9d5e-43a3-bcff-4e017e657322`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-4211.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act changing the term of the elected office of moderator in the town of Holden"
+description: "By Representative Ferguson of Holden and Senator Durant, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4211) of Kimberly N. Ferguson (by vote of the town) relative to changing the term of the elected office of moderator in the town of Holden. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 4211"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 4211 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-06-09"
+last_action: "2025-11-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb38f554-22f7-4ab1-9b11-90e299838cc8"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4211"
+source_hash: "4c3137c12d596705132dd85e2df37c35a74c96b717b2c9e1742a18f04c9abddd"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 4211 (194th) — An Act changing the term of the elected office of moderator in the town of Holden
+
+By Representative Ferguson of Holden and Senator Durant, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4211) of Kimberly N. Ferguson (by vote of the town) relative to changing the term of the elected office of moderator in the town of Holden. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4211.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kimberly N. Ferguson — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-06-09** Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-12** Senate concurred
+- **2025-07-09** Hearing scheduled for 07/22/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1
+- **2025-08-04** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-08-28** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-08-28** Rules suspended
+- **2025-08-28** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-09-18** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-09-22** Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2025-10-30** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2025-10-30** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-11-03** Enacted `passage`
+- **2025-11-03** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2025-11-12** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 61 of the Acts of 2025 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cb38f554-22f7-4ab1-9b11-90e299838cc8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-4212.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act authorizing the town of Lancaster to dissolve its animal control commission"
+description: "By Representative Kilcoyne of Clinton and Senator Cronin, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4212) of Meghan K. Kilcoyne and John J. Cronin (by vote of the town) that the town of Lancaster be authorized to dissolve the animal control commission of said town. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 4212"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 4212 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-06-09"
+last_action: "2026-05-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2da2049b-48b6-40ea-b10c-d10ba0ecc495"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4212"
+source_hash: "e1f91684068911bc37883b7b148b7186ace4f9e856694e426a2fa0662b55088f"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 4212 (194th) — An Act authorizing the town of Lancaster to dissolve its animal control commission
+
+By Representative Kilcoyne of Clinton and Senator Cronin, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4212) of Meghan K. Kilcoyne and John J. Cronin (by vote of the town) that the town of Lancaster be authorized to dissolve the animal control commission of said town. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4212.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- John J. Cronin — cosponsor (person)
+- Meghan K. Kilcoyne — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-06-09** Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-12** Senate concurred
+- **2025-07-09** Hearing scheduled for 07/22/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1
+- **2025-08-04** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-09-02** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-09-02** Rules suspended
+- **2025-09-02** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-10-09** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-10-14** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
+- **2025-10-23** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2026-04-30** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2026-04-30** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-05-04** Enacted `passage`
+- **2026-05-04** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2026-05-12** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 77 of the Acts of 2026 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2da2049b-48b6-40ea-b10c-d10ba0ecc495`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-4214.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act relative to the appointment of the police chief in the city of Fall River"
+description: "By Representative Fiola of Fall River and Senator Rodrigues, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4214) of Carole A. Fiola (with the approval of the mayor and city council) relative to the appointment of the police chief in the city of Fall River. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.]"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 4214"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 4214 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-06-09"
+last_action: "2026-01-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb41e189-7b73-4730-bb81-1c963ea0b096"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4214"
+source_hash: "172ceb2d555fe57821414f232d858aecbc9dd37f9d273dc65b6da7251f82cb28"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 4214 (194th) — An Act relative to the appointment of the police chief in the city of Fall River
+
+By Representative Fiola of Fall River and Senator Rodrigues, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4214) of Carole A. Fiola (with the approval of the mayor and city council) relative to the appointment of the police chief in the city of Fall River. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.]
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4214.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Carole A. Fiola — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-06-09** Referred to the committee on Public Service `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-12** Senate concurred
+- **2025-09-05** Hearing scheduled for 09/17/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-2
+- **2025-09-17** Hearing rescheduled to 09/17/2025 from 01:00 PM-02:00 PM in B-2 and Virtual Hearing updated to New End Time
+- **2025-11-19** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-11-24** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-11-24** Rules suspended
+- **2025-11-24** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-12-18** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-12-22** Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2026-01-15** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2026-01-15** Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-01-20** Enacted `passage`
+- **2026-01-20** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2026-01-29** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 10 of the Acts of 2026 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bb41e189-7b73-4730-bb81-1c963ea0b096`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-4225.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act authorizing the town of Marblehead to establish a means-tested senior citizen property tax exemption"
+description: "By Representative Armini of Marblehead and Senator Crighton, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4225) of Jennifer Balinsky Armini and Brendan P. Crighton (by vote of the town) that the town of Marblehead be authorized to establish a means-tested senior citizen property tax exemption in said town. Revenue. [Local Approval Received.]"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 4225"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 4225 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-06-16"
+last_action: "2026-04-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a8bad53-a501-40aa-a268-a73a9577723c"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4225"
+source_hash: "33887121ae1c7c0a07f44e4d06496145af0d9eea0a91a4cccc46d6d1641d4d8f"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 4225 (194th) — An Act authorizing the town of Marblehead to establish a means-tested senior citizen property tax exemption
+
+By Representative Armini of Marblehead and Senator Crighton, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4225) of Jennifer Balinsky Armini and Brendan P. Crighton (by vote of the town) that the town of Marblehead be authorized to establish a means-tested senior citizen property tax exemption in said town. Revenue. [Local Approval Received.]
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4225.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brendan P. Crighton — cosponsor (person)
+- Jennifer Balinsky Armini — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-06-16** Referred to the committee on Revenue `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-18** Senate concurred
+- **2025-07-11** Hearing scheduled for 07/22/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2
+- **2025-07-14** Hearing canceled – new hearing TBD
+- **2025-10-28** Hearing scheduled for 11/07/2025 from 10:00 AM-02:00 PM in Gardner Auditorium
+- **2026-01-15** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-09** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2026-02-09** Rules suspended
+- **2026-02-09** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-30** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-04-01** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
+- **2026-04-15** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2026-04-21** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2026-04-21** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-04-23** Enacted `passage`
+- **2026-04-23** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2026-04-29** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 67 of the Acts of 2026 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a8bad53-a501-40aa-a268-a73a9577723c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-4227.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2025 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects"
+description: "The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two branches with reference to the Senate amendment of the House Bill making appropriations for the fiscal year 2025 for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects (House, No. 4010), reports, in part, recommending passage of the accompanying bill (House, No. 4227)."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 4227"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 4227 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-06-16"
+last_action: "2025-06-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ba0ca5e-6a25-4992-9f4c-8596236744b5"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4227"
+source_hash: "c57054984483185c38c50d1ca5f5aa053f588ad66dae664bbeb8ef311b283aa3"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 4227 (194th) — An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2025 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects
+
+The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two branches with reference to the Senate amendment of the House Bill making appropriations for the fiscal year 2025 for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects (House, No. 4010), reports, in part, recommending passage of the accompanying bill (House, No. 4227).
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4227.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- H. 4227 - On acceptance of conference committee repor — **150–3** (pass) · lower
+- H. 4227 On enactment — **148–4** (pass) · lower
+- Passing the bill to be engrossed — **pass** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Supplemental Budget — primary (organization)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-06-16** Reported from the committee of conference
+- **2025-06-16** Reported on a part of H4010
+- **2025-06-16** Referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-16** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting, the question being on acceptance
+- **2025-06-18** Committee of conference report accepted - 150 YEAS to 3 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 56 )
+- **2025-06-18** Rules suspended
+- **2025-06-18** Committee of conference report accepted, in concurrence
+- **2025-06-18** Emergency preamble adopted
+- **2025-06-18** Emergency preamble adopted
+- **2025-06-18** Enacted - 148 YEAS to 4 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 57 ) `passage`
+- **2025-06-18** Enacted -see Roll Call #52 (Yeas 40 to Nays 0) `passage`
+- **2025-06-18** Laid before the Governor
+- **2025-06-24** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 7 of the Acts of 2025 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5ba0ca5e-6a25-4992-9f4c-8596236744b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-4230.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act establishing a sick leave bank for James Caruso, an employee of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation"
+description: "By Representatives Honan of Boston and Michael J. Moran of Boston, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Kevin G. Honan and Michael J. Moran for legislation to establish a sick leave bank for James Caruso, an employee of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. Public Service."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 4230"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 4230 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-04-24"
+last_action: "2025-09-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf6acd45-71d6-4947-a8a4-46194988c497"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4230"
+source_hash: "5c3f914a2698de762e63ab37c05d149dc2ff481dca800dd9f39704e47d13bc68"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 4230 (194th) — An Act establishing a sick leave bank for James Caruso, an employee of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation
+
+By Representatives Honan of Boston and Michael J. Moran of Boston, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Kevin G. Honan and Michael J. Moran for legislation to establish a sick leave bank for James Caruso, an employee of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. Public Service.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4230.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kevin G. Honan — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael J. Moran — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-04-24** Referred to the committee on House Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-18** Reported, referred to the committee on Joint Rules, reported, rules suspended and referred to the committee on Public Service `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-23** Senate concurred
+- **2025-06-26** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-26** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-06-26** Rules suspended
+- **2025-06-26** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-06-30** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-07-03** Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2025-08-25** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2025-08-25** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-08-28** Emergency preamble adopted
+- **2025-08-28** Emergency preamble adopted
+- **2025-08-28** Enacted `passage`
+- **2025-08-28** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2025-09-05** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 22 of the Acts of 2025 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf6acd45-71d6-4947-a8a4-46194988c497`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-4232.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act relative to the charter of the town of Fairhaven"
+description: "By Representative Sylvia of Fairhaven and Senator Montigny, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4232) of Mark D. Sylvia and Mark C. Montigny (by vote of the town) relative to the charter of the town of Fairhaven. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 4232"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 4232 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-06-23"
+last_action: "2026-05-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26e86375-dcd3-4355-97a9-ea7e64b698e1"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4232"
+source_hash: "4a7683ae10754287ae382778ff62c4c1917c97b3223ae73ef154cbff700fe8a3"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 4232 (194th) — An Act relative to the charter of the town of Fairhaven
+
+By Representative Sylvia of Fairhaven and Senator Montigny, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4232) of Mark D. Sylvia and Mark C. Montigny (by vote of the town) relative to the charter of the town of Fairhaven. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4232.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Mark C. Montigny — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark D. Sylvia — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-06-23** Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-26** Senate concurred
+- **2025-07-09** Hearing scheduled for 07/22/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1
+- **2025-08-04** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-09-02** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-09-02** Rules suspended
+- **2025-09-02** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-10-06** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-10-09** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
+- **2025-10-23** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2026-04-30** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2026-04-30** Read third `reading-3`
+- **2026-04-30** Amended (Montigny) by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S3059 `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-04-30** Passed to be engrossed `passage`
+- **2026-05-04** Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading `referral-committee`
+- **2026-05-04** House concurred in the Senate amendment
+- **2026-05-04** Enacted `passage`
+- **2026-05-04** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2026-05-04** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 71 of the Acts of 2026 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/26e86375-dcd3-4355-97a9-ea7e64b698e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-4233.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act amending the charter of the city of Malden"
+description: "By Representative Ultrino of Malden, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4233) of Steven Ultrino (with the approval of the mayor and city council) relative to amending the charter of the city of Malden. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 4233"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 4233 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Steven Ultrino"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-06-23"
+last_action: "2026-01-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a16f431-af0f-4661-8598-f8e8bb920104"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4233"
+source_hash: "9b5d0f7a725d7829ca1c554f890ac612c1821aff3b14248e3944891b0e920a5e"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 4233 (194th) — An Act amending the charter of the city of Malden
+
+By Representative Ultrino of Malden, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4233) of Steven Ultrino (with the approval of the mayor and city council) relative to amending the charter of the city of Malden. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4233.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Steven Ultrino — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-06-23** Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-26** Senate concurred
+- **2025-07-09** Hearing scheduled for 07/22/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1
+- **2025-08-04** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-09-02** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-09-02** Rules suspended
+- **2025-09-02** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-09-22** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-09-25** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
+- **2025-10-23** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-12-08** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2025-12-08** Read third `reading-3`
+- **2025-12-08** Amended (Lewis) by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S2808 `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-12-08** Passed to be engrossed `passage`
+- **2025-12-11** Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-07** House concurred in the Senate amendment
+- **2026-01-08** Enacted `passage`
+- **2026-01-08** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2026-01-15** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 1 of the Acts of 2026 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a16f431-af0f-4661-8598-f8e8bb920104`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-4234.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act relative to the appointment of retired police officers as special police officers in the town of Fairhaven"
+description: "By Representative Sylvia of Fairhaven and Senator Montigny, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4234) of Mark D. Sylvia and Mark C. Montigny (by vote of the town) that the town of Fairhaven be authorized to appoint retired police officers as special police officers in said town. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.]"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 4234"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 4234 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-06-23"
+last_action: "2026-05-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd7c565c-c51e-40b2-8a24-219356125ef4"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4234"
+source_hash: "e96b271c1039f16fd979beeefd805e0afb299f3d1d2cf4d54cb59b443d5b50a6"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 4234 (194th) — An Act relative to the appointment of retired police officers as special police officers in the town of Fairhaven
+
+By Representative Sylvia of Fairhaven and Senator Montigny, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4234) of Mark D. Sylvia and Mark C. Montigny (by vote of the town) that the town of Fairhaven be authorized to appoint retired police officers as special police officers in said town. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.]
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4234.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Mark C. Montigny — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark D. Sylvia — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-06-23** Referred to the committee on Public Service `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-26** Senate concurred
+- **2025-07-07** Hearing scheduled for 07/16/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2
+- **2025-10-22** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-10-30** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-10-30** Rules suspended
+- **2025-10-30** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-11-20** Read third, amended and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-11-24** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
+- **2026-01-29** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2026-04-23** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2026-04-23** Read third (titled changed) `reading-3`
+- **2026-04-23** Amended (Montigny) adopted `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-04-23** Passed to be engrossed `passage`
+- **2026-04-27** Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading `referral-committee`
+- **2026-05-20** Rules suspended
+- **2026-05-20** House concurred in the Senate amendment
+- **2026-05-21** Enacted `passage`
+- **2026-05-21** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2026-05-29** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 90 of the Acts of 2026 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cd7c565c-c51e-40b2-8a24-219356125ef4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-4235.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act authorizing the town of Rochester to continue the employment of fire chief Scott Weigel"
+description: "By Representative Sylvia of Fairhaven and Senator Rodrigues, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4235) of Mark D. Sylvia and Michael J. Rodrigues (by vote of the town) that the town of Rochester be authorized to continue the employment of Scott Weigel as fire chief in said town, notwithstanding the maximum age requirement. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.]"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 4235"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 4235 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-06-23"
+last_action: "2026-02-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c75b426-ccb3-4623-9824-90fba1b7ad29"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4235"
+source_hash: "a19be42de3a72f461709722b8d4df065723e287bb1a99ce4f4ae1ca80fc77d68"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 4235 (194th) — An Act authorizing the town of Rochester to continue the employment of fire chief Scott Weigel
+
+By Representative Sylvia of Fairhaven and Senator Rodrigues, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4235) of Mark D. Sylvia and Michael J. Rodrigues (by vote of the town) that the town of Rochester be authorized to continue the employment of Scott Weigel as fire chief in said town, notwithstanding the maximum age requirement. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.]
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4235.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Mark D. Sylvia — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael J. Rodrigues — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-06-23** Referred to the committee on Public Service `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-26** Senate concurred
+- **2025-09-03** Hearing scheduled for 09/10/2025 from 1:00 PM-4:00 PM in A-1
+- **2025-09-10** Hearing rescheduled to 09/10/2025 from 01:00 PM-01:30 PM in A-1 and Virtual Hearing updated to New End Time
+- **2025-12-29** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-08** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2026-01-08** Rules suspended
+- **2026-01-08** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-02** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-02-05** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
+- **2026-02-09** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2026-02-09** Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2026-02-11** Enacted `passage`
+- **2026-02-12** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2026-02-18** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 25 of the Acts of 2026 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1c75b426-ccb3-4623-9824-90fba1b7ad29`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-4237.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act making certain appropriations for fiscal year 2026 before final action on the General Appropriation Bill"
+description: "Message from Her Excellency the Governor submitting requests for making certain appropriations for fiscal year 2026 before final action on the General Appropriation Bill."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 4237"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 4237 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 10
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-06-26"
+last_action: "2025-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/343bb1dc-3052-4a5c-9443-fbdfb9d8d8db"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4237"
+source_hash: "62e210fbf70e4ff965404699087ec04703d63c6e81d57b7791f20fce4cbc87d4"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 4237 (194th) — An Act making certain appropriations for fiscal year 2026 before final action on the General Appropriation Bill
+
+Message from Her Excellency the Governor submitting requests for making certain appropriations for fiscal year 2026 before final action on the General Appropriation Bill.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4237.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- H. 4237 On passing to be enacted — **144–1** (pass) · lower
+- H. 4237 On passing to be engrossed — **143–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Maura T. Healey — primary (organization)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-06-26** Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-30** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-30** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-06-30** Rules suspended
+- **2025-06-30** Read second, ordered to a third reading, rules suspended and read third `reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2025-06-30** Passed to be engrossed - 143 YEAS to 1 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 59 ) `passage`
+- **2025-06-30** Read, rules suspended, read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-1, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2025-06-30** Enacted - 144 YEAS to 1 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 60 ) `passage`
+- **2025-06-30** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2025-07-01** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 8 of the Ats of 2025 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/343bb1dc-3052-4a5c-9443-fbdfb9d8d8db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-4243.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act to amend the town charter of Ipswich"
+description: "By Representative Kassner of Hamilton and Senator Tarr, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4243) of Kristin E. Kassner (by vote of the town) relative to the town manager residency requirement in the town of Ipswich. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 4243"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 4243 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-06-30"
+last_action: "2025-11-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21272fe3-7296-45d5-9f9f-8ebdaf537027"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4243"
+source_hash: "f3ddb0afdde3f4b29c975167af8474c64380c35d8cdd436226863c7c14bc6bee"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 4243 (194th) — An Act to amend the town charter of Ipswich
+
+By Representative Kassner of Hamilton and Senator Tarr, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4243) of Kristin E. Kassner (by vote of the town) relative to the town manager residency requirement in the town of Ipswich. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4243.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kristin E. Kassner — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-06-30** Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government `referral-committee`
+- **2025-07-03** Senate concurred
+- **2025-07-09** Hearing scheduled for 07/22/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1
+- **2025-08-04** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-09-02** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-09-02** Rules suspended
+- **2025-09-02** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-10-02** Read third (title changed), amended and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-10-06** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
+- **2025-10-23** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-11-13** Read third `reading-3`
+- **2025-11-13** Amended (Tarr) by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S2719 `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-11-13** Passed to be engrossed `passage`
+- **2025-11-13** Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading `referral-committee`
+- **2025-11-19** House concurred in the Senate amendment
+- **2025-11-19** Enacted `passage`
+- **2025-11-19** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2025-11-24** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 71 of the Acts of 2025 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/21272fe3-7296-45d5-9f9f-8ebdaf537027`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-4245.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act relative to the Mattapoisett select board"
+description: "By Representative Sylvia of Fairhaven and Senator Montigny, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4245) of Mark D. Sylvia and Mark C. Montigny (by vote of the town) relative to the membership of the select board of the town of Mattapoisett. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 4245"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 4245 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-06-30"
+last_action: "2025-08-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/818b1f43-e433-4d59-8344-86ac54e73e80"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4245"
+source_hash: "10fdd95e3655b42c9bc5e011bd48ff4531da3109254affb241ab2a21dfcbc138"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 4245 (194th) — An Act relative to the Mattapoisett select board
+
+By Representative Sylvia of Fairhaven and Senator Montigny, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4245) of Mark D. Sylvia and Mark C. Montigny (by vote of the town) relative to the membership of the select board of the town of Mattapoisett. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4245.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Mark C. Montigny — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark D. Sylvia — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-06-30** Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government `referral-committee`
+- **2025-07-03** Senate concurred
+- **2025-07-09** Hearing scheduled for 07/22/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1
+- **2025-07-28** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-07-30** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-07-30** Rules suspended
+- **2025-07-30** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-07-31** Rules suspended
+- **2025-07-31** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-08-04** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
+- **2025-08-07** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2025-08-07** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-08-18** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2025-08-18** Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-08-21** Enacted `passage`
+- **2025-08-21** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2025-08-22** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 21 of the Acts of 2025 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/818b1f43-e433-4d59-8344-86ac54e73e80`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-4249.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act relative to vital statistics"
+description: "Section 29 contained in the engrossed Bill making appropriations for the fiscal year 2026 (see House, No. 4240), which had been returned by Her Excellency the Governor with recommendation of amendment (for message, see Attachment C of House, No. 4250). July 4, 2025."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 4249"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 4249 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-07-04"
+last_action: "2025-11-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9fef09c-65fa-4708-a936-333651c437d6"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4249"
+source_hash: "fc04fd23428da77640dc5d7ca28f6be9fd4e2568c9fa89557ca68d51413c3945"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 4249 (194th) — An Act relative to vital statistics
+
+Section 29 contained in the engrossed Bill making appropriations for the fiscal year 2026 (see House, No. 4240), which had been returned by Her Excellency the Governor with recommendation of amendment (for message, see Attachment C of House, No. 4250). July 4, 2025.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4249.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- NONE — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-07-04** Enacted as section 29 of the General Appropriation Bill, see H4240 `passage`
+- **2025-07-04** Governor returned to the House with recommendation of amendment
+- **2025-07-04** For message, see H4250, Attachment C
+- **2025-07-10** Referred to the committee on House Bills in the Third Reading `referral-committee`
+- **2025-10-08** Bills in the Third Reading special report accepted
+- **2025-10-08** Governor's amendment considered (in the form approved by the committee on Bills in the Third Reading)
+- **2025-11-06** Rules suspended
+- **2025-11-06** Governor's amendment adopted `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-11-10** Emergency preamble adopted
+- **2025-11-10** Emergency preamble adopted
+- **2025-11-12** Re-enacted
+- **2025-11-13** Re-enacted and again laid before the Governor
+- **2025-11-20** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 68 of the Acts of 2025 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c9fef09c-65fa-4708-a936-333651c437d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-4252.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act updating the linkage exaction program in the city of Medford"
+description: "By Representative Donato of Medford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4252) of Paul J. Donato (with the approval of the mayor and city council) for legislation to establish a linkage exaction program in the city of Medford. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 4252"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 4252 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Paul J. Donato"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-07-07"
+last_action: "2025-11-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ef74912-5af4-45f8-8047-6843fc0f56bb"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4252"
+source_hash: "374aa46bb4c360ccec4055ef32423def33cc013a00a4543a3ab163dc2e824f78"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 4252 (194th) — An Act updating the linkage exaction program in the city of Medford
+
+By Representative Donato of Medford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4252) of Paul J. Donato (with the approval of the mayor and city council) for legislation to establish a linkage exaction program in the city of Medford. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4252.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Paul J. Donato — primary (person)
+- Christine P. Barber — cosponsor (person)
+- Sean Garballey — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-07-07** Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government `referral-committee`
+- **2025-07-10** Senate concurred
+- **2025-07-17** Hearing scheduled for 07/29/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in Gardner Auditorium
+- **2025-07-29** Hearing rescheduled to 07/29/2025 from 01:00 PM-06:00 PM in Gardner Auditorium and Virtual Hearing updated to New End Time
+- **2025-07-29** Hearing rescheduled to 07/29/2025 from 01:00 PM-06:15 PM in Gardner Auditorium and Virtual Hearing updated to New End Time
+- **2025-07-29** Hearing rescheduled to 07/29/2025 from 01:00 PM-06:05 PM in Gardner Auditorium and Virtual Hearing updated to New End Time
+- **2025-08-14** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-09-04** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-09-04** Rules suspended
+- **2025-09-04** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-09-22** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-09-25** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
+- **2025-10-23** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-10-30** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2025-10-30** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-11-03** Enacted `passage`
+- **2025-11-03** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2025-11-10** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 58 of the Acts of 2025 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6ef74912-5af4-45f8-8047-6843fc0f56bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-4259.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act designating the Weider Park tennis courts as the Kim O'Connell tennis courts"
+description: "By Representative Consalvo of Boston, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Rob Consalvo that the Department of Conservation and Recreation be authorized to designate the tennis courts located in Weider Park in the Roslindale section of the city of Boston as the Kim O’Connell tennis courts. Environment and Natural Resources."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 4259"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 4259 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Rob Consalvo"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 21
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-05-22"
+last_action: "2026-04-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4cbe05bf-059e-4f01-b239-48632cd4d83a"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4259"
+source_hash: "d47f5061c58403d11d317579498618639f606e1cc36f62ba67366c1e8ed9efbf"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 4259 (194th) — An Act designating the Weider Park tennis courts as the Kim O'Connell tennis courts
+
+By Representative Consalvo of Boston, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Rob Consalvo that the Department of Conservation and Recreation be authorized to designate the tennis courts located in Weider Park in the Roslindale section of the city of Boston as the Kim O’Connell tennis courts. Environment and Natural Resources.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4259.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Rob Consalvo — primary (person)
+- Michael F. Rush — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-05-22** Referred to the committee on House Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2025-07-17** Reported, referred to the committee on Joint Rules, reported, rules suspended and referred to the committee on Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2025-07-31** Senate concurred
+- **2025-09-26** Hearing scheduled for 10/07/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1
+- **2025-10-07** Hearing scheduled for 10/07/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1
+- **2025-10-27** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-10-27** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-10-27** Rules suspended
+- **2025-10-27** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-11-06** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-11-10** Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-09** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
+- **2026-04-09** Rules suspended
+- **2026-04-09** Read second, amended, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2026-04-13** Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading `referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-16** House concurred in the Senate amendment
+- **2026-04-21** Emergency preamble adopted
+- **2026-04-21** Emergency preamble adopted
+- **2026-04-21** Enacted `passage`
+- **2026-04-21** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2026-04-29** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 70 of the Acts of 2026 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4cbe05bf-059e-4f01-b239-48632cd4d83a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-4263.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act establishing a charter for the city of Medford"
+description: "An Act establishing a charter for the city of Medford"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 4263"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 4263 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-07-16"
+last_action: "2025-09-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6da0c0df-3a2d-497a-82d0-afbbc08e2670"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4263"
+source_hash: "87edfa3d0e0eee95a92cc15ef8263ec55795d7ec07da129578aa2cba6eb456d4"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 4263 (194th) — An Act establishing a charter for the city of Medford
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4263.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government — primary (organization)
+- Christine P. Barber — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul J. Donato — cosponsor (person)
+- Sean Garballey — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-07-16** Reported from the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government
+- **2025-07-16** New draft of H4146
+- **2025-07-16** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-07-21** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-07-21** Rules suspended
+- **2025-07-21** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-08-14** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-08-18** Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2025-09-04** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2025-09-04** Read third `reading-3`
+- **2025-09-04** Amended (Jehlen) by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S2597 `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-09-04** Passed to be engrossed `passage`
+- **2025-09-08** Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading `referral-committee`
+- **2025-09-11** House concurred in the Senate amendment with a further amendment
+- **2025-09-11** Rules suspended
+- **2025-09-11** Senate concurred in the House further amendment
+- **2025-09-11** Enacted `passage`
+- **2025-09-11** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2025-09-19** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 30 of the Acts of 2025 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6da0c0df-3a2d-497a-82d0-afbbc08e2670`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-4272.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act authorizing the town of Hudson to grant 1 additional license for the sale of wine and malt beverages not to be drunk on the premises"
+description: "An Act authorizing the town of Hudson to grant 1 additional license for the sale of wine and malt beverages not to be drunk on the premises"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 4272"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 4272 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-07-21"
+last_action: "2026-03-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee2f4850-cbdd-4ff0-b0a9-63102dbb22f8"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4272"
+source_hash: "bc1bf4353485ebb7a995f0def573ebac6d173c6b681c352733768970e097fefc"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 4272 (194th) — An Act authorizing the town of Hudson to grant 1 additional license for the sale of wine and malt beverages not to be drunk on the premises
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4272.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure — primary (organization)
+- Kate Hogan — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-07-21** Reported from the committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure
+- **2025-07-21** New draft of H386
+- **2025-07-21** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-07-24** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-07-24** Rules suspended
+- **2025-07-24** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2026-01-28** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-02-02** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
+- **2026-02-19** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2026-02-19** Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2026-02-25** Enacted `passage`
+- **2026-02-25** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2026-03-05** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 36 of the Acts of 2026 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ee2f4850-cbdd-4ff0-b0a9-63102dbb22f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-4273.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act authorizing the town of Maynard to grant an additional license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises"
+description: "An Act authorizing the town of Maynard to grant an additional license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 4273"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 4273 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-07-21"
+last_action: "2025-10-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/680e8d9a-82cb-4827-832e-27113c51bc39"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4273"
+source_hash: "aaf93809535ad8c31bd79fa0d6d26820b49f56c34d9747a8edd02f4f6ccc6755"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 4273 (194th) — An Act authorizing the town of Maynard to grant an additional license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4273.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure — primary (organization)
+- Kate Hogan — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-07-21** Reported from the committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure
+- **2025-07-21** New draft of H387
+- **2025-07-21** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-07-24** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-07-24** Rules suspended
+- **2025-07-24** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-08-11** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-08-14** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
+- **2025-10-02** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2025-10-02** Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2025-10-06** Enacted `passage`
+- **2025-10-06** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2025-10-16** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 43 of the Acts of 2025 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/680e8d9a-82cb-4827-832e-27113c51bc39`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-4276.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act re-authorizing the town of Swansea to issue additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises"
+description: "An Act re-authorizing the town of Swansea to issue additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 4276"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 4276 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-07-23"
+last_action: "2025-10-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af8f692a-bbb1-4156-952d-d42baf21674f"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4276"
+source_hash: "fd864cc286dae8a0492facb798a448746d702fa0d6052cf5570828428fa9d610"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 4276 (194th) — An Act re-authorizing the town of Swansea to issue additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4276.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure — primary (organization)
+- Justin Thurber — cosponsor (person)
+- Steven S. Howitt — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-07-23** Reported from the committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure
+- **2025-07-23** New draft of H399
+- **2025-07-23** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-07-28** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-07-28** Rules suspended
+- **2025-07-28** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-09-25** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-09-29** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
+- **2025-10-14** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2025-10-14** Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2025-10-15** Enacted `passage`
+- **2025-10-16** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2025-10-24** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 47 of the Acts of 2025 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/af8f692a-bbb1-4156-952d-d42baf21674f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-4282.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act authorizing the town of Palmer to grant additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages"
+description: "An Act authorizing the town of Palmer to grant additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 4282"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 4282 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-07-23"
+last_action: "2025-11-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7f2e0f7-40fc-4866-b0f3-343528deeaad"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4282"
+source_hash: "93492cb1f37640290b5a67ac363657b89b9ef71a10a04a934546bb44a55fb292"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 4282 (194th) — An Act authorizing the town of Palmer to grant additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4282.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure — primary (organization)
+- Jacob R. Oliveira — cosponsor (person)
+- Todd M. Smola — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-07-23** Reported from the committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure
+- **2025-07-23** New draft of H466
+- **2025-07-23** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-08-18** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-08-18** Rules suspended
+- **2025-08-18** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-10-06** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-10-09** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
+- **2025-10-20** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-11-06** Read third `reading-3`
+- **2025-11-06** Amended by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S2673 `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-11-06** Passed to be engrossed `passage`
+- **2025-11-10** Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading `referral-committee`
+- **2025-11-19** House concurred in the Senate amendment
+- **2025-11-19** Enacted `passage`
+- **2025-11-19** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2025-11-26** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 76 of the Acts of 2025 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a7f2e0f7-40fc-4866-b0f3-343528deeaad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-4286.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act authorizing the town of Somerset to grant an additional license for the sale of wine and malt beverages to be drunk off the premises"
+description: "An Act authorizing the town of Somerset to grant an additional license for the sale of wine and malt beverages to be drunk off the premises"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 4286"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 4286 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-07-23"
+last_action: "2025-12-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d868200d-647e-4ff3-ac67-468296de7354"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4286"
+source_hash: "b5abd28b1b3a5278a4c4d974a1843cdccaa418c009dcb23e1b0f4a1548ea1f4f"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 4286 (194th) — An Act authorizing the town of Somerset to grant an additional license for the sale of wine and malt beverages to be drunk off the premises
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4286.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure — primary (organization)
+- Justin Thurber — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael J. Rodrigues — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-07-23** Reported from the committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure
+- **2025-07-23** New draft of H3906
+- **2025-07-23** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-08-21** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-08-21** Rules suspended
+- **2025-08-21** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-11-03** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-11-06** Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2025-11-26** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2025-11-26** Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-12-01** Enacted `passage`
+- **2025-12-01** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2025-12-10** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 86 of the Acts of 2025 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d868200d-647e-4ff3-ac67-468296de7354`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-4287.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act authorizing the city known as the town of West Springfield to grant 4 additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises"
+description: "An Act authorizing the city known as the town of West Springfield to grant 4 additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 4287"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 4287 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-07-23"
+last_action: "2025-12-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/764b0647-eb97-499b-bace-cc418ac273d8"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4287"
+source_hash: "f7da093d66971a005ace24ba6a5c2a91b16a412adf540ef6c3d12ff5251b1da2"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 4287 (194th) — An Act authorizing the city known as the town of West Springfield to grant 4 additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4287.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure — primary (organization)
+- John C. Velis — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael J. Finn — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-07-23** Reported from the committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure
+- **2025-07-23** New draft of H4155
+- **2025-07-23** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-08-21** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-08-21** Rules suspended
+- **2025-08-21** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-09-25** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-09-29** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
+- **2025-10-23** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-12-01** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2025-12-01** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-12-04** Enacted `passage`
+- **2025-12-04** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2025-12-12** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 88 of the Acts of 2025 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/764b0647-eb97-499b-bace-cc418ac273d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-4292.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act amending the charter of the town of Hopkinton to incorporate appointment powers of the board of library trustees"
+description: "By Representative Arena-DeRosa of Holliston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4292) of James C. Arena-DeRosa (by vote of the town) relative to appointment powers of the board of library trustees in the town of Hopkinton. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 4292"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 4292 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["James C. Arena-DeRosa"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-07-17"
+last_action: "2026-03-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2f0f573-cc6e-45da-b9bd-599e9107924e"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4292"
+source_hash: "47493050f1ba4dd4ad2a23a47656032394abae0f64a20539c533b34cf1824642"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 4292 (194th) — An Act amending the charter of the town of Hopkinton to incorporate appointment powers of the board of library trustees
+
+By Representative Arena-DeRosa of Holliston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4292) of James C. Arena-DeRosa (by vote of the town) relative to appointment powers of the board of library trustees in the town of Hopkinton. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4292.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- James C. Arena-DeRosa — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-07-17** Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government `referral-committee`
+- **2025-07-21** Senate concurred
+- **2025-07-24** Hearing scheduled for 07/29/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in Gardner Auditorium
+- **2025-07-29** Hearing rescheduled to 07/29/2025 from 01:00 PM-06:00 PM in Gardner Auditorium and Virtual Hearing updated to New End Time
+- **2025-07-29** Hearing rescheduled to 07/29/2025 from 01:00 PM-06:15 PM in Gardner Auditorium and Virtual Hearing updated to New End Time
+- **2025-07-29** Hearing rescheduled to 07/29/2025 from 01:00 PM-06:05 PM in Gardner Auditorium and Virtual Hearing updated to New End Time
+- **2025-08-14** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-09-08** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-09-08** Rules suspended
+- **2025-09-08** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-10-20** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-10-23** Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2026-03-05** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2026-03-05** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-03-09** Enacted `passage`
+- **2026-03-12** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2026-03-20** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 42 of the Acts of 2026 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2f0f573-cc6e-45da-b9bd-599e9107924e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-4307.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act financing long-term improvements to municipal roads and bridges"
+description: "An Act financing long-term improvements to municipal roads and bridges"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 4307"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 4307 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-07-23"
+last_action: "2025-08-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3a968d4-6039-40c1-ba3d-896d6ac7bd22"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4307"
+source_hash: "862fcfc08ae65aad9ed899721a2cf69445eb59571e38ade0c63bf98ae4dc2814"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 4307 (194th) — An Act financing long-term improvements to municipal roads and bridges
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4307.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- H. 4307 On passing to be enacted — **156–0** (pass) · lower
+- H. 4307 On passing to be engrossed — **156–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- House Committee on Ways and Means — primary (organization)
+- Maura T. Healey — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-07-23** Reported from the committee on House Ways and Means
+- **2025-07-23** Pending new draft of H4257
+- **2025-07-23** New draft of H4257
+- **2025-07-23** Ordered to a third reading
+- **2025-07-23** Rules suspended
+- **2025-07-23** Read third `reading-3`
+- **2025-07-23** Passed to be engrossed - 156 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 66 ) `passage`
+- **2025-07-28** Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2025-07-31** Read third (title changed) `reading-3`
+- **2025-07-31** Amendment #1 (Keenan) rejected `amendment-failure`
+- **2025-07-31** Amendment #2 (Finegold) rejected `amendment-failure`
+- **2025-07-31** Passed to be engrossed `passage`
+- **2025-07-31** Emergency preamble adopted
+- **2025-07-31** Emergency preamble adopted
+- **2025-07-31** Enacted - 156 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 69 ) `passage`
+- **2025-07-31** Enacted -see Roll Call #67 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0) `passage`
+- **2025-07-31** Laid before the Governor
+- **2025-08-08** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 17 of the Acts of 2025 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f3a968d4-6039-40c1-ba3d-896d6ac7bd22`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-4312.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act relative to charter changes for the town of Longmeadow"
+description: "By Representative Ashe of Longmeadow and Senator Oliveira, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4312) of Brian M. Ashe (by vote of the town) relative to the charter of the town of Longmeadow. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 4312"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 4312 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-07-23"
+last_action: "2026-06-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cca64c25-3be4-45a6-861d-0a875895d5e2"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4312"
+source_hash: "fccff20bcb6ec567a71da3fe611db0a19d8f144fa59ef535d01b8e3794e1e7bc"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 4312 (194th) — An Act relative to charter changes for the town of Longmeadow
+
+By Representative Ashe of Longmeadow and Senator Oliveira, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4312) of Brian M. Ashe (by vote of the town) relative to the charter of the town of Longmeadow. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4312.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brian M. Ashe — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-07-23** Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government `referral-committee`
+- **2025-07-24** Senate concurred
+- **2025-08-14** Hearing scheduled for 08/14/2025 from 10:00 AM-5:00 PM in Written Testimony Only
+- **2025-09-08** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-10-14** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading
+- **2025-10-14** Rules suspended
+- **2025-10-14** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-10-30** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-11-03** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
+- **2025-11-13** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2026-06-11** Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-06-15** Enacted `passage`
+- **2026-06-15** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2026-06-22** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 107 of the Acts of 2026 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cca64c25-3be4-45a6-861d-0a875895d5e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-4314.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act to allow the town of Hingham to use municipal property as the location for a center for active living"
+description: "By Representative Meschino of Hull and Senator O'Connor, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4314) of Joan Meschino (by vote of the town) that the town of Hingham be authorized to use municipal property as the location for a center for active living. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 4314"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 4314 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-07-23"
+last_action: "2026-02-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/91279233-21d2-42cc-a74b-fd237e927df2"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4314"
+source_hash: "3256a10c8ae51e13446a1051244a548dcc43143e70870af6be64f499ba1e28d8"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 4314 (194th) — An Act to allow the town of Hingham to use municipal property as the location for a center for active living
+
+By Representative Meschino of Hull and Senator O'Connor, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4314) of Joan Meschino (by vote of the town) that the town of Hingham be authorized to use municipal property as the location for a center for active living. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4314.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passing it to be enacted — **pass** (pass) · upper
+- H. 4314 On Enactment Land Taking — **154–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Joan Meschino — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-07-23** Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government `referral-committee`
+- **2025-07-24** Senate concurred
+- **2025-08-14** Hearing scheduled for 08/14/2025 from 10:00 AM-5:00 PM in Written Testimony Only
+- **2025-09-08** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-10-14** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading
+- **2025-10-14** Rules suspended
+- **2025-10-14** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-11-05** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-11-06** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
+- **2025-11-19** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-12-18** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2025-12-18** Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-01-28** Enacted - 154 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 119 ) `passage`
+- **2026-01-29** Enacted -see Roll Call #132 (Yeas 37 to Nays 0) `passage`
+- **2026-01-29** Laid before the Governor
+- **2026-02-06** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 16 of the Acts of 2026 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/91279233-21d2-42cc-a74b-fd237e927df2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-4322.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Carlos Borges"
+description: "By Representative Doherty of Taunton, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Carol A. Doherty for legislation to establish a sick leave bank for Carlos Borges, an employee of the Department of Correction. Public Service."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 4322"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 4322 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Carol A. Doherty"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-03-20"
+last_action: "2025-09-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/821f19c3-03d2-410b-aaad-8bd70d3aaa9d"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4322"
+source_hash: "9b8a19b75486271d68b5e6f590db152e48f57191f3f2b129c94ba529ad8a0a8c"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 4322 (194th) — An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Carlos Borges
+
+By Representative Doherty of Taunton, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Carol A. Doherty for legislation to establish a sick leave bank for Carlos Borges, an employee of the Department of Correction. Public Service.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4322.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Carol A. Doherty — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-20** Referred to the committee on House Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2025-07-21** Reported, referred to the committee on Joint Rules, reported, rules suspended and referred to the committee on Public Service `referral-committee`
+- **2025-07-24** Senate concurred
+- **2025-08-04** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-08-07** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-08-07** Rules suspended
+- **2025-08-07** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-08-18** Read third (title changed), amended and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-08-21** Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2025-08-25** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2025-08-25** Read third `reading-3`
+- **2025-08-25** Bill in the Third Reading report accepted
+- **2025-08-25** Accompanied by S2562
+- **2025-08-25** Passed to be engrossed `passage`
+- **2025-08-28** Emergency preamble adopted
+- **2025-08-28** Emergency preamble adopted
+- **2025-08-28** Enacted `passage`
+- **2025-08-28** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2025-09-05** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 23 of the Acts of 2025 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/821f19c3-03d2-410b-aaad-8bd70d3aaa9d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-4323.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Alexandra Schwartz, an employee of the Massachusetts Department of State Police"
+description: "By Representative Stanley of Waltham, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Thomas M. Stanley and Michael J. Barrett for legislation to establish a sick leave bank for Alexandra Schwartz, an employee of the Massachusetts Department of State Police. Public Service."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 4323"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 4323 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Thomas M. Stanley"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-07-10"
+last_action: "2025-09-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4b76e34-d1ca-42fc-8c4c-f1a1d1025594"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4323"
+source_hash: "ad770c01cb5b8f6375a1d58891a60c757598d0378494f927d82abf35685f20c8"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 4323 (194th) — An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Alexandra Schwartz, an employee of the Massachusetts Department of State Police
+
+By Representative Stanley of Waltham, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Thomas M. Stanley and Michael J. Barrett for legislation to establish a sick leave bank for Alexandra Schwartz, an employee of the Massachusetts Department of State Police. Public Service.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4323.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Thomas M. Stanley — primary (person)
+- Michael J. Barrett — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-07-10** Referred to the committee on House Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2025-07-16** Reported, referred to the committee on Joint Rules, reported, rules suspended and referred to the committee on Public Service `referral-committee`
+- **2025-07-24** Senate concurred
+- **2025-08-04** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-08-07** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-08-07** Rules suspended
+- **2025-08-07** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-08-14** Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-08-18** Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2025-09-04** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2025-09-04** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-09-08** Emergency preamble adopted
+- **2025-09-08** Emergency preamble adopted
+- **2025-09-08** Enacted `passage`
+- **2025-09-08** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2025-09-11** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 25 of the Acts of 2025 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e4b76e34-d1ca-42fc-8c4c-f1a1d1025594`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-4348.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act relative to a cemetery in the town of Norton"
+description: "By Representatives Howitt of Seekonk and Chaisson of Foxborough, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4348) of Steven S. Howitt and Paul R. Feeney (by vote of the town) that the town of Norton be authorized to pay a certain unpaid bill. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 4348"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 4348 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-07-28"
+last_action: "2025-10-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/612c4b25-2298-4851-903b-769d72c390d9"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4348"
+source_hash: "cdd55b10cb1578042f0ef27b6af5398fd30fcf47434a006986f7f33d5b907356"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 4348 (194th) — An Act relative to a cemetery in the town of Norton
+
+By Representatives Howitt of Seekonk and Chaisson of Foxborough, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4348) of Steven S. Howitt and Paul R. Feeney (by vote of the town) that the town of Norton be authorized to pay a certain unpaid bill. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4348.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Paul R. Feeney — cosponsor (person)
+- Steven S. Howitt — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-07-28** Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government `referral-committee`
+- **2025-07-31** Senate concurred
+- **2025-08-14** Hearing scheduled for 08/14/2025 from 10:00 AM-5:00 PM in Written Testimony Only
+- **2025-09-08** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-09-11** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2025-09-11** Rules suspended
+- **2025-09-11** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-10-02** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-10-06** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
+- **2025-10-20** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2025-10-20** Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2025-10-22** Enacted `passage`
+- **2025-10-23** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2025-10-30** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 50 of the Acts of 2025 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/612c4b25-2298-4851-903b-769d72c390d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-4349.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act directing the city of Boston Police Department to waive the maximum age requirement for police officers for Luis Cabral"
+description: "By Representative Consalvo of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4349) of Rob Consalvo (with the approval of the mayor and city council) for legislation to authorize the appointment of Luis Cabral as a police officer in the city of Boston, notwithstanding the maximum age requirement. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.]"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 4349"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 4349 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Rob Consalvo"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-07-28"
+last_action: "2026-03-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f6dab2d-e273-4ffd-ae39-43eb6a525790"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4349"
+source_hash: "296c01624e8cfc2edf90526c7e85bd2b0f7d5c2f1600f1e20562255bea2a87d1"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 4349 (194th) — An Act directing the city of Boston Police Department to waive the maximum age requirement for police officers for Luis Cabral
+
+By Representative Consalvo of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4349) of Rob Consalvo (with the approval of the mayor and city council) for legislation to authorize the appointment of Luis Cabral as a police officer in the city of Boston, notwithstanding the maximum age requirement. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.]
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4349.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Rob Consalvo — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-07-28** Referred to the committee on Public Service `referral-committee`
+- **2025-07-31** Senate concurred
+- **2025-09-03** Hearing scheduled for 09/10/2025 from 1:00 PM-4:00 PM in A-1
+- **2025-09-10** Hearing rescheduled to 09/10/2025 from 01:00 PM-01:30 PM in A-1 and Virtual Hearing updated to New End Time
+- **2025-12-29** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-15** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
+- **2026-01-15** Rules suspended
+- **2026-01-15** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-02** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-02-05** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
+- **2026-02-26** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-16** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2026-03-16** Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-03-18** Enacted `passage`
+- **2026-03-19** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2026-03-26** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 48 of the Acts of 2026 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f6dab2d-e273-4ffd-ae39-43eb6a525790`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-4362.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act authorizing the town of Westford to release agricultural preservation restrictions over land owned by Westford Gateway, LLC"
+description: "An Act authorizing the town of Westford to release agricultural preservation restrictions over land owned by Westford Gateway, LLC"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 4362"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 4362 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-07-30"
+last_action: "2025-11-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98eac788-8f54-495c-8b4f-73cdeb7ad28e"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4362"
+source_hash: "121b46d511053da4ea25e1f74351f602394d504de84a9e339d9339fe28a1089b"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 4362 (194th) — An Act authorizing the town of Westford to release agricultural preservation restrictions over land owned by Westford Gateway, LLC
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4362.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- H. 4362 On Enactment Land Taking — **156–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- House Committee on Ways and Means — primary (organization)
+- James Arciero — cosponsor (person)
+- John J. Cronin — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-07-30** Reported from the committee on House Ways and Means
+- **2025-07-30** Pending new draft of H3282
+- **2025-07-30** New draft of H3282
+- **2025-07-30** Ordered to a third reading
+- **2025-07-31** Rules suspended
+- **2025-07-31** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-08-04** Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means `referral-committee`
+- **2025-11-17** Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S2723 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-11-17** Rules suspended
+- **2025-11-17** Read second `reading-2`
+- **2025-11-17** Amended by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S2723 `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-11-17** Ordered to a third reading
+- **2025-11-19** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2025-11-19** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-11-19** Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading `referral-committee`
+- **2025-11-19** House concurred in the Senate amendment
+- **2025-11-19** Enacted - 156 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 115 ) `passage`
+- **2025-11-19** Enacted -see Roll Call #115 (Yeas 37 to Nays 0) `passage`
+- **2025-11-19** Laid before the Governor
+- **2025-11-26** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 75 of the Acts of 2025 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/98eac788-8f54-495c-8b4f-73cdeb7ad28e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-4363.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act authorizing the commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance to convey a certain parcel of land in the town of Wellesley"
+description: "An Act authorizing the commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance to convey a certain parcel of land in the town of Wellesley"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 4363"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 4363 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 21
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-07-30"
+last_action: "2026-01-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9b31483-3983-4195-80b2-cc1b824c383c"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4363"
+source_hash: "5038ab222804c38b9da485a50c18e4ee14d1e4f26659c20ad7fb4d4b6c9c8588"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 4363 (194th) — An Act authorizing the commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance to convey a certain parcel of land in the town of Wellesley
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4363.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- House Committee on Ways and Means — primary (organization)
+- Alice Hanlon Peisch — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-07-30** Reported from the committee on House Ways and Means
+- **2025-07-30** Pending new draft of H3402
+- **2025-07-30** New draft of H3402
+- **2025-07-30** Ordered to a third reading
+- **2025-07-31** Rules suspended
+- **2025-07-31** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-08-04** Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means `referral-committee`
+- **2025-11-17** Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S2724. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-11-17** Rules suspended
+- **2025-11-17** Read second `reading-2`
+- **2025-11-17** Amended by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S2724 `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-11-17** Ordered to a third reading
+- **2025-12-31** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2025-12-31** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-01-05** Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-15** House concurred in the Senate amendment
+- **2026-01-20** Emergency preamble adopted
+- **2026-01-20** Emergency preamble adopted
+- **2026-01-20** Enacted `passage`
+- **2026-01-20** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2026-01-29** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 9 of the Acts of 2026 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a9b31483-3983-4195-80b2-cc1b824c383c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ma/194th/h-4364.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act authorizing the commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance to grant certain easements to the town of Bourne"
+description: "An Act authorizing the commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance to grant certain easements to the town of Bourne"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
+legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
+session: "194th"
+identifier: "H 4364"
+citation: "Massachusetts H 4364 (194th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2025-07-30"
+last_action: "2025-09-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6cdbd66d-eb73-4c59-858e-d9c537def28a"
+source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4364"
+source_hash: "5d4efc64d934dad80b81645151c004cc1d219c778241f95816e0ed236e152c27"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
+---
+
+# Massachusetts H 4364 (194th) — An Act authorizing the commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance to grant certain easements to the town of Bourne
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4364.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- House Committee on Ways and Means — primary (organization)
+- David T. Vieira — cosponsor (person)
+- Dylan A. Fernandes — cosponsor (person)
+- Steven George Xiarhos — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-07-30** Reported from the committee on House Ways and Means
+- **2025-07-30** Pending new draft of H3435
+- **2025-07-30** New draft of H3435
+- **2025-07-30** Ordered to a third reading
+- **2025-07-31** Rules suspended
+- **2025-07-31** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-08-04** Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2025-08-28** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
+- **2025-08-28** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-09-02** Emergency preamble adopted
+- **2025-09-02** Emergency preamble adopted
+- **2025-09-04** Enacted `passage`
+- **2025-09-04** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
+- **2025-09-11** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 26 of the Acts of 2025 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6cdbd66d-eb73-4c59-858e-d9c537def28a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
+