republic-os/legislation/us/states/ma/192nd/h-4846.md

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Bill	An Act authorizing the elimination of the appointed tax collector/town clerk/treasurer in the town of Deerfield and the creation of an appointed town clerk and an appointed town treasurer-collector	By Representative Blais of Sunderland and Senator Comerford, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4846) of Natalie M. Blais and Joanne M. Comerford (by vote of the town) that the town of Deerfield be authorized to eliminate the appointed tax collector/town clerk/treasurer in said town and create an appointed town clerk and an appointed town treasurer-collector. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]	us/states/ma	Massachusetts General Court	192nd	H 4846	Massachusetts H 4846 (192nd)	bill		enacted		1	14	0	2022-06-06	2022-10-31	openstates	ocd-bill/61705ecb-a393-45be-b86c-89c020c71eaa	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H4846	aba4d7a57fe4d24f08cd9770986e53a6f9fe6cc0fde2448efa9b24897f4ac821	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ma

Massachusetts H 4846 (192nd) — An Act authorizing the elimination of the appointed tax collector/town clerk/treasurer in the town of Deerfield and the creation of an appointed town clerk and an appointed town treasurer-collector

By Representative Blais of Sunderland and Senator Comerford, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4846) of Natalie M. Blais and Joanne M. Comerford (by vote of the town) that the town of Deerfield be authorized to eliminate the appointed tax collector/town clerk/treasurer in said town and create an appointed town clerk and an appointed town treasurer-collector. 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

• Joanne M. Comerford — cosponsor (person)
• Natalie M. Blais — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-06-06 Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government referral-committee
• 2022-06-09 Senate concurred
• 2022-06-21 Hearing scheduled for 06/24/2022 from 09:00 AM-05:00 PM in Written Testimony Only
• 2022-07-05 Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-07-25 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
• 2022-07-25 Rules suspended
• 2022-07-25 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
• 2022-10-03 Read third and passed to be engrossed reading-3
• 2022-10-06 Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
• 2022-10-20 Taken out of the Orders of the Day
• 2022-10-20 Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed reading-2, reading-3
• 2022-10-24 Enacted passage
• 2022-10-24 Enacted and laid before the Governor passage
• 2022-10-31 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 248 of the Acts of 2022 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/61705ecb-a393-45be-b86c-89c020c71eaa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).