---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the charter of the town of Medway"
description: "Substituted, on motion of Ms. Garlick of Needham, for a bill with the same title (House, No. 3899). November 16, 2021."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
session: "192nd"
identifier: "H 4259"
citation: "Massachusetts H 4259 (192nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Denise C. Garlick"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-11-16"
last_action: "2022-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d8d8acf-a282-4d9c-b2e0-160d7e8f38a9"
source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H4259"
source_hash: "b71dea4a31b7036ba3350abbd7ceebc801ff0ca96f30c58bf16d87cdd204f95a"
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 (192nd) — An Act amending the charter of the town of Medway

Substituted, on motion of Ms. Garlick of Needham, for a bill with the same title (House, No. 3899). November 16, 2021.

## 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/192/H4259.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Denise C. Garlick — primary (person)
- Brian W. Murray — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey N. Roy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-11-16** Substituted for H3899
- **2021-11-16** Passed to be engrossed `passage`
- **2021-11-17** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
- **2022-01-26** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
- **2022-06-13** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
- **2022-06-13** Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
- **2022-06-15** Enacted `passage`
- **2022-06-16** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
- **2022-06-21** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 90 of the Acts of 2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d8d8acf-a282-4d9c-b2e0-160d7e8f38a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).