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Bill An Act allowing the city of Westfield to set the salary of the city clerk as the clerk of the city council through local process By Mr. Humason, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2197) of Donald F. Humason, Jr. and John C. Velis (with approval of the mayor and city council) for legislation to allow the city of Westfield to set the salary of the city clerk as the clerk of the city council through local process. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.] us/states/ma Massachusetts General Court 191st S 2197 Massachusetts S 2197 (191st)
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Massachusetts S 2197 (191st) — An Act allowing the city of Westfield to set the salary of the city clerk as the clerk of the city council through local process

By Mr. Humason, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2197) of Donald F. Humason, Jr. and John C. Velis (with approval of the mayor and city council) for legislation to allow the city of Westfield to set the salary of the city clerk as the clerk of the city council through local process. 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

  • Donald F. Humason, Jr. — primary (person)
  • Donald F. Humason, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
  • John C. Velis — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-04-11 Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government referral-committee
  • 2019-04-16 House concurred
  • 2019-07-09 Bill reported favorably by committee and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-07-25 Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  • 2019-07-25 Read second, ordered to a third reading, read a third time and passed to be engrossed reading-2
  • 2019-07-29 Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling referral-committee
  • 2019-07-31 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
  • 2019-07-31 Rules suspended
  • 2019-07-31 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
  • 2020-01-23 Read third and passed to be engrossed reading-3
  • 2020-01-27 Enacted passage
  • 2020-01-27 Enacted and laid before the Governor passage
  • 2020-02-06 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 16 of the Acts of 2020 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cf5688f6-2938-4818-af67-eb0daba20c61. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).