---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act authorizing the town of Pepperell to convey a certain parcel of land to the Commonwealth"
description: "An Act authorizing the town of Pepperell to convey a certain parcel of land to the Commonwealth"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
session: "192nd"
identifier: "H 4794"
citation: "Massachusetts H 4794 (192nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["House Committee on Ways and Means"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-05-17"
last_action: "2022-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3ba572c-629d-48e0-b42c-428ca21fd419"
source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H4794"
source_hash: "901db0c8ebc426e4dadc05e1dc8fa2364bea7955b0ce6e7f19500f0a5d10d2d4"
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 4794 (192nd) — An Act authorizing the town of Pepperell to convey a certain parcel of land to the Commonwealth

## 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/H4794.pdf)

## Sponsors

- House Committee on Ways and Means — primary (person)
- Sheila C. Harrington — 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 H4188
- **2022-05-17** New draft of H4188
- **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`
- **2022-07-29** Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, inserting in place thereof the text of S3076 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-07-29** Rules suspended
- **2022-07-29** Read second `reading-2`
- **2022-07-29** Amended by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S3076 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-07-29** Ordered to a third reading
- **2022-07-29** Read third and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
- **2022-07-29** Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading `referral-committee`
- **2022-07-30** Rules suspended
- **2022-07-30** House concurred in the Senate amendment
- **2022-07-30** Emergency preamble adopted
- **2022-07-30** Emergency preamble adopted
- **2022-07-30** Enacted - 153 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 257 ) `passage`
- **2022-07-30** Enacted -see Roll Call #236 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0) `passage`
- **2022-07-30** Laid before the Governor
- **2022-08-09** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 163 of the Acts of 2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-08-09** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 163 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/c3ba572c-629d-48e0-b42c-428ca21fd419`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).