republic-os/legislation/us/states/ma/191st/h-4277.md

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Bill	An Act authorizing the city of Springfield to convert the use of park land at DeBerry Park for a new DeBerry and Homer Street Elementary School and to replace it with additional park land in the city of Springfield	By Mr. Williams of Springfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4277) of Bud L. Williams (with the approval of the mayor and city council) that the city of Springfield be authorized to convert the use of park land at DeBerry Park for a new DeBerry and Homer Street elementary school and to replace it with additional park land in said city. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]	us/states/ma	Massachusetts General Court	191st	H 4277	Massachusetts H 4277 (191st)	bill		enacted	Bud L. Williams	1	14	0	2019-12-26	2020-06-04	openstates	ocd-bill/c63232f9-189e-4356-bab9-a6af2b26d586	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H4277	12026d27d0b820305abe4193b68fab48e594b155802c4f7c13cbb8341402a077	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ma

Massachusetts H 4277 (191st) — An Act authorizing the city of Springfield to convert the use of park land at DeBerry Park for a new DeBerry and Homer Street Elementary School and to replace it with additional park land in the city of Springfield

By Mr. Williams of Springfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4277) of Bud L. Williams (with the approval of the mayor and city council) that the city of Springfield be authorized to convert the use of park land at DeBerry Park for a new DeBerry and Homer Street elementary school and to replace it with additional park land in said city. 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

• Bud L. Williams — primary (person)
• Bud L. Williams — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-12-26 Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government referral-committee
• 2019-12-30 Senate concurred
• 2020-01-13 Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2020-01-23 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
• 2020-01-23 Rules suspended
• 2020-01-23 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
• 2020-03-09 Read third and passed to be engrossed reading-3
• 2020-03-12 Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
• 2020-04-09 Taken out of the Orders of the Day
• 2020-04-09 Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed reading-2, reading-3
• 2020-05-13 Enacted - 157 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY in Supplement, No. 169) passage
• 2020-05-28 Enacted -see Roll Call #191 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0) passage
• 2020-05-28 Laid before the Governor
• 2020-06-04 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 89 of the Acts of 2020 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c63232f9-189e-4356-bab9-a6af2b26d586. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).