---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act designating a foot bridge in Lynn Heritage State Park, in the city of Lynn as the Gold Star Families Bridge"
description: "Substituted by the House, on motion of Mr. Speliotis of Danvers, for a Bill designating a certain bridge in the city of Lynn as the Army SPC Antonio J. Syrakos foot bridge (House, No. 3743). February 24, 2020."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
session: "191st"
identifier: "H 4478"
citation: "Massachusetts H 4478 (191st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Theodore C. Speliotis"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-02-24"
last_action: "2020-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11eceea7-446a-4ccd-b263-5a6b6d34c0c7"
source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H4478"
source_hash: "12a80c161ba0622b8c64ede6d100a6902ad093b29a65b3ad158111e29fc6278b"
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 4478 (191st) — An Act designating a foot bridge in Lynn Heritage State Park, in the city of Lynn as the Gold Star Families Bridge

Substituted by the House, on motion of Mr. Speliotis of Danvers, for a Bill designating a certain bridge in the city of Lynn as the Army SPC Antonio J. Syrakos foot bridge (House, No. 3743). February 24, 2020.

## 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/191/H4478.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Theodore C. Speliotis — primary (person)
- Donald H. Wong — cosponsor (person)
- Theodore C. Speliotis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-24** Substituted for H3743
- **2020-02-24** Passed to be engrossed `passage`
- **2020-02-27** Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-04** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
- **2020-05-04** Rules suspended
- **2020-05-04** Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2020-05-07** Enacted `passage`
- **2020-05-11** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
- **2020-05-14** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 77 of the Acts of 2020 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/11eceea7-446a-4ccd-b263-5a6b6d34c0c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).