---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act to allow Saugus town meeting to adopt a process to allow non-binding resolutions"
description: "Substituted by the House, on motiion of Ms. Garlick of Needham, for the House Bill to allow Saugus town meeting to adopt a process to allow non-binding resolutions (printed as Senate, No. 460). July 21, 2022."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
session: "192nd"
identifier: "H 5067"
citation: "Massachusetts H 5067 (192nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Denise C. Garlick"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-07-21"
last_action: "2022-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69720c1b-c500-47ad-b47a-9eb77d8adf6a"
source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H5067"
source_hash: "86869381eed420eeaa2659ad15965f57e914ac32002dce5aa820bdabf467e7c6"
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 5067 (192nd) — An Act to allow Saugus town meeting to adopt a process to allow non-binding resolutions

Substituted by the House, on motiion of Ms. Garlick of Needham, for the House Bill to allow Saugus town meeting to adopt a process to allow non-binding resolutions (printed as Senate, No. 460). July 21, 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/H5067.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Denise C. Garlick — primary (person)
- Brendan P. Crighton — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Ann Giannino — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-07-21** Substituted for S460
- **2022-07-21** Passed to be engrossed `passage`
- **2022-07-25** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
- **2022-08-22** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
- **2022-08-22** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
- **2022-09-29** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
- **2022-09-29** Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
- **2022-10-03** Enacted `passage`
- **2022-10-03** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
- **2022-10-05** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 233 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/69720c1b-c500-47ad-b47a-9eb77d8adf6a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).