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Bill An Act authorizing the city of Somerville to offer an exemption for certain owner occupied residential properties for water and sewer charges and rates By Ms. Provost of Somerville, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4309) of Denise Provost and others (with the approval of the mayor and city council) that the city of Somerville be authorized to offer exemptions for certain owner occupied residential properties for water and sewer charges and rates. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.] us/states/ma Massachusetts General Court 190th H 4309 Massachusetts H 4309 (190th)
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Massachusetts H 4309 (190th) — An Act authorizing the city of Somerville to offer an exemption for certain owner occupied residential properties for water and sewer charges and rates

By Ms. Provost of Somerville, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4309) of Denise Provost and others (with the approval of the mayor and city council) that the city of Somerville be authorized to offer exemptions for certain owner occupied residential properties for water and sewer charges and rates. 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

Sponsors

  • Denise Provost — primary (person)
  • Christine P. Barber — cosponsor (person)
  • Mike Connolly — cosponsor (person)
  • Patricia D. Jehlen — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2018-03-15 Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government referral-committee
  • 2018-03-19 Senate concurred
  • 2018-04-12 Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2018-05-07 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
  • 2018-05-07 Rules suspended
  • 2018-05-07 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
  • 2018-10-01 Read third and passed to be engrossed reading-3
  • 2018-10-04 Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2, reading-1
  • 2018-11-01 Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  • 2018-11-01 Read third and passed to be engrossed reading-3
  • 2018-11-05 Enacted passage
  • 2018-11-05 Enacted and laid before the Governor passage
  • 2018-11-15 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 298 of the Acts of 2018 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/87095314-a897-48a7-a045-e25c2f0af64e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).