---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act permitting the town of Wakefield to convey an easement to the Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Department"
description: "Substituted, on motion of Mr. Walsh of Peabody, for a bill with the same title (House No. 3995) [Local Approval Received]. August 17, 2023."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
session: "193rd"
identifier: "H 4062"
citation: "Massachusetts H 4062 (193rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomas P. Walsh"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-08-17"
last_action: "2023-11-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/609b1be7-2220-4161-8447-8543d9f33d62"
source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/H4062"
source_hash: "2469c87dbfe49740d0b5f75e587de938f6222af8861ea2a84dede3ca35acc3f3"
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 4062 (193rd) — An Act permitting the town of Wakefield to convey an easement to the Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Department

Substituted, on motion of Mr. Walsh of Peabody, for a bill with the same title (House No. 3995) [Local Approval Received]. August 17, 2023.

## 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/193/H4062.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Thomas P. Walsh — primary (person)
- Donald H. Wong — cosponsor (person)
- Kate Lipper-Garabedian — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-08-17** Substituted for H3995
- **2023-08-17** Passed to be engrossed `passage`
- **2023-08-21** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
- **2023-08-31** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
- **2023-08-31** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
- **2023-11-02** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
- **2023-11-02** Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-11-08** Enacted - 158 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 64 ) `passage`
- **2023-11-14** Enacted -see Roll Call #91 (Yeas 38 to Nays 0) `passage`
- **2023-11-14** Laid before the Governor
- **2023-11-22** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 71 of the Acts of 2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/609b1be7-2220-4161-8447-8543d9f33d62`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).