---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act changing the term of office of the mayor in the city known as the town of Agawam to 4 years"
description: "Senate, September 2, 2021 -- Substituted by amendment by the Senate (Senator Velis) as a new draft for Senate, No. 1367."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
session: "192nd"
identifier: "S 2523"
citation: "Massachusetts S 2523 (192nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John C. Velis"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-09-02"
last_action: "2022-03-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c41f5551-d135-4d4c-984b-984a4c8e6502"
source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S2523"
source_hash: "b400580c2af26e5d70154307491caeedc2e7b1192bf64768a06e847befc07fdd"
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 S 2523 (192nd) — An Act changing the term of office of the mayor in the city known as the town of Agawam to 4 years

Senate, September 2, 2021 -- Substituted by amendment by the Senate (Senator Velis) as a new draft for Senate, No. 1367.

## 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/S2523.pdf)

## Sponsors

- John C. Velis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-09-02** Recommended new draft (Velis) for S1367
- **2021-09-02** Substituted for S1367
- **2021-09-02** Passed to be engrossed `passage`
- **2021-09-07** Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `referral-committee`
- **2021-09-22** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading
- **2021-09-23** Read second `reading-2`
- **2021-09-23** Placed at the end of the Calendar
- **2022-01-20** Ordered to a third reading
- **2022-02-03** Read third, amended by substitution of a new text (H4433) and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
- **2022-02-24** Rules suspended
- **2022-02-24** Senate concurred in the House amendment
- **2022-02-28** Enacted `passage`
- **2022-02-28** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
- **2022-03-03** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 29 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/c41f5551-d135-4d4c-984b-984a4c8e6502`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).