---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relative to the charter and the town clerk in the town of Groton"
description: "Substituted by the House, on motion of Ms. Garlick of Needham, for a bill with the same title (House, No. 4261). March 10, 2022."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
session: "192nd"
identifier: "H 4580"
citation: "Massachusetts H 4580 (192nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Denise C. Garlick"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-03-10"
last_action: "2022-04-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9b7e9d7-69da-4963-a611-38bc1bc891af"
source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H4580"
source_hash: "7eb872349b27515430d6e3bcfdc7e7013058f2573ddfb94ac7c2baad248fe6bc"
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 4580 (192nd) — An Act relative to the charter and the town clerk in the town of Groton

Substituted by the House, on motion of Ms. Garlick of Needham, for a bill with the same title (House, No. 4261). March 10, 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/H4580.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Denise C. Garlick — primary (person)
- Sheila C. Harrington — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-10** Substituted for H4261
- **2022-03-10** Passed to be engrossed `passage`
- **2022-03-14** Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-03-28** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
- **2022-03-28** Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
- **2022-03-28** Enacted `passage`
- **2022-03-28** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
- **2022-04-01** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 41 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/c9b7e9d7-69da-4963-a611-38bc1bc891af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).