---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act authorizing the town of Falmouth to transfer a parcel of land commonly known as the Farley Bog"
description: "Substituted by the House, on motion of Mr. Speliotis of Danvers, for a bill with the same title (House, No. 4341). June 4, 2018."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
session: "190th"
identifier: "H 4561"
citation: "Massachusetts H 4561 (190th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Theodore C. Speliotis"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-06-04"
last_action: "2018-08-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb91d423-cdd3-487c-b8d0-c8078020f207"
source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H4561"
source_hash: "8ee8969d0a5dd7ae9a1dd2b3bb3012332c4740771577b18ea150a60fcd8818fe"
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 4561 (190th) — An Act authorizing the town of Falmouth to transfer a parcel of land commonly known as the Farley Bog

Substituted by the House, on motion of Mr. Speliotis of Danvers, for a bill with the same title (House, No. 4341). June 4, 2018.

## 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/190/H4561.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Theodore C. Speliotis — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-06-04** Substituted for H4341
- **2018-06-04** Passed to be engrossed `passage`
- **2018-06-05** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
- **2018-06-14** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
- **2018-07-23** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
- **2018-07-23** Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
- **2018-07-25** Enacted - 151 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY in Supplement, No. 418) `passage`
- **2018-07-25** Enacted - roll call #474 [37 YEAS - 0 NAYS] `passage`
- **2018-08-03** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 170 of the Acts of 2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb91d423-cdd3-487c-b8d0-c8078020f207`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).