---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act designating U.S. Route 20 in Massachusetts the Medal of Honor Highway"
description: "By Mr. Oliveira of Ludlow, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Jacob R. Oliveira and others that a portion of U.S. Route 20 between the city of Boston and the town of Hancock be designated as the Medal of Honor highway. Transportation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
session: "192nd"
identifier: "H 4436"
citation: "Massachusetts H 4436 (192nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jacob R. Oliveira"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-01-27"
last_action: "2022-11-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7d2287a-147c-4c1d-8243-af18bb95dbdb"
source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H4436"
source_hash: "fbc98f47bf9dd955f17fd3b720d3f63a167c94b610b1484129c03f169ac1dede"
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 4436 (192nd) — An Act designating U.S. Route 20 in Massachusetts the Medal of Honor Highway

By Mr. Oliveira of Ludlow, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Jacob R. Oliveira and others that a portion of U.S. Route 20 between the city of Boston and the town of Hancock be designated as the Medal of Honor highway. Transportation.

## 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/H4436.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Jacob R. Oliveira — primary (person)
- Alan Silvia — cosponsor (person)
- Edward R. Philips — cosponsor (person)
- Hannah Kane — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey Rosario Turco — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Ann Giannino — cosponsor (person)
- John Barrett, III — cosponsor (person)
- Meghan Kilcoyne — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia A. Duffy — cosponsor (person)
- Steven C. Owens — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy R. Whelan — cosponsor (person)
- Todd M. Smola — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-27** Referred to the committee on House Rules `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-31** Reported, referred to the committee on Joint Rules, reported, rules suspended and referred to the committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03** Senate concurred
- **2022-03-03** Reporting date extended to Friday April 29, 2022, pending concurrence
- **2022-03-03** Hearing scheduled for 03/09/2022 from 12:00 PM-03:00 PM in Virtual Hearing
- **2022-03-17** Senate concurred
- **2022-04-14** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-02** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
- **2022-05-02** Rules suspended
- **2022-05-02** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
- **2022-06-06** Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
- **2022-06-09** Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Rules `referral-committee`
- **2022-10-31** Also based on S3061
- **2022-10-31** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session with an amendment
- **2022-10-31** Rules suspended
- **2022-10-31** Read second, amended (as recommended by the committee on Rules), ordered to a third reading, read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2022-11-02** Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading `referral-committee`
- **2022-11-14** House concurred in the Senate amendment
- **2022-11-17** Enacted `passage`
- **2022-11-17** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
- **2022-11-17** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 273 of the Acts of 2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-11-17** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 273 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/b7d2287a-147c-4c1d-8243-af18bb95dbdb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).