---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relative to the amendment of section 3-4 of the Home Rule Charter of the city of Methuen"
description: "Substituted by the House, on motion of Ms. Garlick of Needham, for a bill with the same title (House, No. 3984) [Local Approval Received]. December 2, 2021."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
session: "192nd"
identifier: "H 4274"
citation: "Massachusetts H 4274 (192nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Denise C. Garlick"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-12-02"
last_action: "2022-12-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f15b862e-fb2f-462a-9886-896bc24476b2"
source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H4274"
source_hash: "c26463c71780c17e404dd9295b51bbe207c273c36af6c63d7a9e2db449a0b345"
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 4274 (192nd) — An Act relative to the amendment of section 3-4 of the Home Rule Charter of the city of Methuen

Substituted by the House, on motion of Ms. Garlick of Needham, for a bill with the same title (House, No. 3984) [Local Approval Received]. December 2, 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/H4274.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Denise C. Garlick — primary (person)
- Frank A. Moran — cosponsor (person)
- Linda Dean Campbell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-02** Substituted for H3984
- **2021-12-02** Passed to be engrossed `passage`
- **2021-12-06** 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`
- **2022-11-21** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
- **2022-11-21** Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
- **2022-11-23** Enacted `passage`
- **2022-11-23** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
- **2022-12-01** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 285 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/f15b862e-fb2f-462a-9886-896bc24476b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).