---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relative to the preparation of certain bilingual ballots in the city of Malden"
description: "An Act relative to the preparation of certain bilingual ballots in the city of Malden"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
session: "192nd"
identifier: "H 4793"
citation: "Massachusetts H 4793 (192nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["House Committee on Ways and Means"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-05-17"
last_action: "2022-11-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ebe3808-8fd5-46e0-b450-da9a72d6d017"
source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H4793"
source_hash: "b165b16ab858345a830f1a606e9f5a2c669580c75d24117034d65ffe9fb7314f"
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 4793 (192nd) — An Act relative to the preparation of certain bilingual ballots in the city of Malden

## 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/H4793.pdf)

## Sponsors

- House Committee on Ways and Means — primary (person)
- Paul J. Donato — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Ultrino — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-05-17** Reported from the committee on House Ways and Means
- **2022-05-17** Pending new draft of H3828
- **2022-05-17** New draft of H3828
- **2022-05-17** Ordered to a third reading
- **2022-05-18** Rules suspended
- **2022-05-18** Read third and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
- **2022-05-19** Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2022-10-03** Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, inserting in place thereof the text of S3122 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-10-03** Read second `reading-2`
- **2022-10-03** Amended by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S3122 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-10-03** Ordered to a third reading
- **2022-10-03** Read third and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
- **2022-10-06** Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading `referral-committee`
- **2022-11-10** House concurred in the Senate amendment with a further amendment
- **2022-11-10** Amendment #2 (Garlick) adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2022-11-17** Rules suspended
- **2022-11-17** Senate concurred in the further House amendment
- **2022-11-21** Enacted `passage`
- **2022-11-21** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
- **2022-11-30** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 282 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/8ebe3808-8fd5-46e0-b450-da9a72d6d017`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).