---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act changing the name of the board of selectmen in the town of Dedham to the select board"
description: "Substituted, on motion of Mr. Speliotis of Danvers, for a Bill amending the charter of the town of Dedham (House, No. 4080). May 11, 2020."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
session: "191st"
identifier: "H 4704"
citation: "Massachusetts H 4704 (191st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Theodore C. Speliotis"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-05-11"
last_action: "2020-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ef93dd5-ee2e-459f-af2c-18296f78a864"
source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H4704"
source_hash: "b1bade4b5598c4d089e1f1234cb8401109fd8880b8189b9462c880ad5c0c4fa9"
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 4704 (191st) — An Act changing the name of the board of selectmen in the town of Dedham to the select board

Substituted, on motion of Mr. Speliotis of Danvers, for a Bill amending the charter of the town of Dedham (House, No. 4080). May 11, 2020.

## 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/191/H4704.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Theodore C. Speliotis — primary (person)
- Michael F. Rush — cosponsor (person)
- Paul McMurtry — cosponsor (person)
- Theodore C. Speliotis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-05-11** Substituted for H4080
- **2020-05-11** Passed to be engrossed `passage`
- **2020-05-14** Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-07-09** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
- **2020-07-09** Read third and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
- **2020-07-13** Enacted `passage`
- **2020-07-16** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
- **2020-07-22** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 121 of the Acts of 2020 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0ef93dd5-ee2e-459f-af2c-18296f78a864`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).