---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relative to town elections in the town of Hopkinton"
description: "By Representative Arena-DeRosa of Holliston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4203) of James C. Arena-DeRosa (by vote of the town) relative to town elections in the town of Hopkinton. Election Laws. [Local Approval Received.]"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
session: "193rd"
identifier: "H 4203"
citation: "Massachusetts H 4203 (193rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James C. Arena-DeRosa"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-11-29"
last_action: "2024-09-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/532f79f3-8085-4479-aab6-72d26ce3bc3a"
source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/H4203"
source_hash: "a6dc7ab61ab59023613e4521247cda5eec1bb475623bd31c54e9ba56080bcf01"
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 4203 (193rd) — An Act relative to town elections in the town of Hopkinton

By Representative Arena-DeRosa of Holliston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4203) of James C. Arena-DeRosa (by vote of the town) relative to town elections in the town of Hopkinton. Election Laws. [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/193/H4203.pdf)

## Sponsors

- James C. Arena-DeRosa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-11-29** Referred to the committee on Election Laws `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-30** Senate concurred
- **2024-02-12** Reporting date extended to Tuesday March 19, 2024, pending concurrence
- **2024-02-29** Senate concurred
- **2024-03-21** Reporting date extended to Tuesday May 28, 2024, pending concurrence
- **2024-04-11** Senate concurred
- **2024-05-30** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-27** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
- **2024-06-27** Rules suspended
- **2024-06-27** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
- **2024-08-05** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-08-08** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
- **2024-08-15** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
- **2024-08-15** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
- **2024-08-29** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
- **2024-08-29** Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-09-03** Enacted `passage`
- **2024-09-03** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
- **2024-09-11** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 204 of the Acts of 2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/532f79f3-8085-4479-aab6-72d26ce3bc3a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).