---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act establishing a special fund in the town of Westborough"
description: "By Ms. Dykema of Holliston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4028) of Carolyn C. Dykema and others (by vote of the town) that the town of Westborough be authorized to establish a capital improvements fund in said town. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
session: "190th"
identifier: "H 4028"
citation: "Massachusetts H 4028 (190th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carolyn C. Dykema"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-11-13"
last_action: "2018-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f85515d-a4ce-4af1-9c18-442052fbb285"
source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H4028"
source_hash: "58ba71dde5ed29569fcf8afd195e287934852a32fb8b55fc3afde2721b24c5a1"
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 4028 (190th) — An Act establishing a special fund in the town of Westborough

By Ms. Dykema of Holliston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4028) of Carolyn C. Dykema and others (by vote of the town) that the town of Westborough be authorized to establish a capital improvements fund in said town. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]

## 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/190/H4028.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Carolyn C. Dykema — primary (person)
- Danielle W. Gregoire — cosponsor (person)
- Hannah Kane — cosponsor (person)
- James B. Eldridge — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-13** Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government `referral-committee`
- **2017-11-14** Senate concurred
- **2017-12-04** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-12-07** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
- **2017-12-07** Rules suspended
- **2017-12-07** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-01** Read third, amended and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
- **2018-02-05** Read and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
- **2018-02-14** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-29** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
- **2018-03-29** Read third and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
- **2018-04-02** Enacted `passage`
- **2018-04-02** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
- **2018-04-12** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 64 of the Acts of 2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f85515d-a4ce-4af1-9c18-442052fbb285`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).