---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act authorizing the town of Plainfield to continue the employment of Fire Chief David Alvord"
description: "Substituted, on motion of Mr. Speliotis of Danvers, for a bill with the same title (House, No. 4855). July 15, 2020."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
session: "191st"
identifier: "H 4855"
citation: "Massachusetts H 4855 (191st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Theodore C. Speliotis"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 6
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-07-15"
last_action: "2020-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26e1ea8a-0ea4-475c-97ec-522fddd4ac73"
source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H4855"
source_hash: "c95300318e4998e48a8b239e5fbe52fa4b1e48a46419f59b423dfe16d8b72c1a"
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 4855 (191st) — An Act authorizing the town of Plainfield to continue the employment of Fire Chief David Alvord

Substituted, on motion of Mr. Speliotis of Danvers, for a bill with the same title (House, No. 4855). July 15, 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/H4855.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Theodore C. Speliotis — primary (person)
- Adam G. Hinds — cosponsor (person)
- Natalie M. Blais — cosponsor (person)
- Theodore C. Speliotis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-07-15** Substituted for H4254
- **2020-07-15** Passed to be engrossed `passage`
- **2020-09-21** Read, rules suspended, read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed `reading-1, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2020-09-24** Enacted `passage`
- **2020-09-24** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
- **2020-09-30** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 185 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/26e1ea8a-0ea4-475c-97ec-522fddd4ac73`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).