---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act removing the residency requirement for the city of Lynn’s water and sewer commission"
description: "By Mr. Cahill of Lynn, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4626) of Daniel Cahill and Brendan P. Crighton (with the approval of the mayor and city council) that the city of Lynn be authorized to remove residency requirements for members of the water and sewer commission in said city. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
session: "192nd"
identifier: "H 4626"
citation: "Massachusetts H 4626 (192nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniel Cahill"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-03-24"
last_action: "2022-11-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0118b0b5-1da6-4812-8408-dce2187bf5b2"
source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H4626"
source_hash: "f14185201cb0685b6429b55d088e54e650c6f59443079289e0e7696c9e6ae646"
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 4626 (192nd) — An Act removing the residency requirement for the city of Lynn’s water and sewer commission

By Mr. Cahill of Lynn, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4626) of Daniel Cahill and Brendan P. Crighton (with the approval of the mayor and city council) that the city of Lynn be authorized to remove residency requirements for members of the water and sewer commission in said city. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]

## 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/H4626.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Daniel Cahill — primary (person)
- Brendan P. Crighton — cosponsor (person)
- Peter Capano — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-24** Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-31** Senate concurred
- **2022-04-01** Hearing scheduled for 04/05/2022 from 01:00 PM-03:00 PM in Virtual Hearing
- **2022-04-19** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-25** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading
- **2022-06-02** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
- **2022-06-16** Rules suspended
- **2022-06-16** Read third and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
- **2022-06-21** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
- **2022-06-29** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
- **2022-11-10** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
- **2022-11-10** Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
- **2022-11-14** Enacted `passage`
- **2022-11-14** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
- **2022-11-17** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 272 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/0118b0b5-1da6-4812-8408-dce2187bf5b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).