---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the charter of the city of Holyoke"
description: "Substituted by the House, on motion of Ms. Garlick of Needham, for a Bill to amend the charter of the city of Holyoke (House, No. 4299) and Bill to amend the charter of the city of Holyoke (House, No. 4230). February 28, 2022."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
session: "192nd"
identifier: "H 4501"
citation: "Massachusetts H 4501 (192nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-02-28"
last_action: "2022-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6484c027-93e9-4646-9fb2-0e0a2e83b29a"
source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H4501"
source_hash: "f365543eecd48e4fb736fffd4b20a2c286a10388c2f7ec1836c651615a7b1b61"
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 4501 (192nd) — An Act amending the charter of the city of Holyoke

Substituted by the House, on motion of Ms. Garlick of Needham, for a Bill to amend the charter of the city of Holyoke (House, No. 4299) and Bill to amend the charter of the city of Holyoke (House, No. 4230). February 28, 2022.

## 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/H4501.pdf)

## Sponsors

- House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading — primary (person)
- Patricia A. Duffy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-28** Reported from the committee on Bills in the Third Reading
- **2022-02-28** New draft of H4230 and H4299
- **2022-02-28** Passed to be engrossed `passage`
- **2022-03-03** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
- **2022-03-24** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
- **2022-04-11** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
- **2022-04-11** Read third and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
- **2022-04-14** Enacted `passage`
- **2022-04-14** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
- **2022-04-20** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 48 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/6484c027-93e9-4646-9fb2-0e0a2e83b29a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).