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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act changing the name of the members of the city council in the city of Woburn from alderman to city councilor"
description: "Substituted by the House, on motion of Ms. Garlick of Needham, for a Bill to amend the charter of the city of Woburn to change the name of the members of the city council from \"alderman\" to \"city councilor\" (House, No. 2168, changed) [Local Approval Received]. July 14, 2021."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
session: "192nd"
identifier: "H 3947"
citation: "Massachusetts H 3947 (192nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Denise C. Garlick"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-07-14"
last_action: "2021-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36e414dd-9638-4487-8a1d-0aebf4d78b67"
source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H3947"
source_hash: "d33925963e0351ab80a54b0a23ace609679c0101f1a497d50b9950e91b542e3c"
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 3947 (192nd) — An Act changing the name of the members of the city council in the city of Woburn from alderman to city councilor
Substituted by the House, on motion of Ms. Garlick of Needham, for a Bill to amend the charter of the city of Woburn to change the name of the members of the city council from "alderman" to "city councilor" (House, No. 2168, changed) [Local Approval Received]. July 14, 2021.
## 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/192/H3947.pdf)
## Sponsors
- Denise C. Garlick — primary (person)
- Cindy F. Friedman — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle L. Ciccolo — cosponsor (person)
- Richard M. Haggerty — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-07-14** Substituted for H2168
- **2021-07-14** Passed to be engrossed `passage`
- **2021-07-15** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
- **2021-08-26** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
- **2021-08-26** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
- **2021-09-16** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
- **2021-09-16** Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
- **2021-09-20** Enacted `passage`
- **2021-09-20** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
- **2021-09-27** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 54 of the Acts of 2021 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36e414dd-9638-4487-8a1d-0aebf4d78b67`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).