---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act authorizing the town of Hadley to convey certain a certain parcel of land dedicated for park purposes"
description: "By Mr. Carey of Easthampton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4589) of Daniel R. Carey (by vote of the town) that the town of Hadley be authorized to convey a certain parcel of land dedicated for park purposes in said town. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
session: "191st"
identifier: "H 4589"
citation: "Massachusetts H 4589 (191st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniel R. Carey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-03-26"
last_action: "2020-07-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/893c9cb5-d741-48fe-a9d0-5a656c098ca2"
source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H4589"
source_hash: "d7bbd4449af52a1cd0fb27e83eb8c827e430c28a8971be4a54e2a02e3368ac76"
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 4589 (191st) — An Act authorizing the town of Hadley to convey certain a certain parcel of land dedicated for park purposes

By Mr. Carey of Easthampton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4589) of Daniel R. Carey (by vote of the town) that the town of Hadley be authorized to convey a certain parcel of land dedicated for park purposes 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/191/H4589.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Daniel R. Carey — primary (person)
- Daniel R. Carey — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-26** Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-30** Senate concurred
- **2020-04-14** Hearing scheduled for 04/16/2020 from 03:59 PM-04:00 PM in Written Testimony Only
- **2020-04-21** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2020-05-07** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
- **2020-05-07** Rules suspended
- **2020-05-07** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
- **2020-06-22** Read third, amended (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
- **2020-06-25** Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2020-07-16** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
- **2020-07-16** Read third and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
- **2020-07-22** Enacted - 158 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY in Supplement, No. 199) `passage`
- **2020-07-23** Enacted -see Roll Call #243 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0) `passage`
- **2020-07-23** Laid before the Governor
- **2020-07-29** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 126 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/893c9cb5-d741-48fe-a9d0-5a656c098ca2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).