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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act validating the results of the annual election held in the town of Deerfield on May 2, 2022"
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description: "A message from Her Excellency the Governor (under the provisions of Section 8 of Article LXXXIX of the Amendments to the Constitution) recommending legislation relative to validating the results of the annual election held in the town of Deerfield on May 2, 2022 (House, No. 4157). November 1, 2023."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
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legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
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session: "193rd"
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identifier: "H 4157"
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citation: "Massachusetts H 4157 (193rd)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2023-11-02"
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last_action: "2023-11-28"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b7717d9-5e75-45bd-ae45-a187649e50bc"
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source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/H4157"
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source_hash: "ed914619876e90d61851aca0de95166bc62751e11b1e5e2e5301858818e9ea5d"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
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---
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# Massachusetts H 4157 (193rd) — An Act validating the results of the annual election held in the town of Deerfield on May 2, 2022
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A message from Her Excellency the Governor (under the provisions of Section 8 of Article LXXXIX of the Amendments to the Constitution) recommending legislation relative to validating the results of the annual election held in the town of Deerfield on May 2, 2022 (House, No. 4157). November 1, 2023.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/H4157.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- Maura T. Healey — primary (organization)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-11-02** Referred to the committee on Election Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2023-11-06** Senate concurred
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- **2023-11-20** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2023-11-20** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
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- **2023-11-20** Rules suspended
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- **2023-11-20** Read second, ordered to a third reading, rules suspended, read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
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- **2023-11-22** Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2023-11-27** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
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- **2023-11-27** Rules suspended
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- **2023-11-27** Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
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- **2023-11-27** Enacted `passage`
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- **2023-11-27** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
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- **2023-11-28** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 72 of the Acts of 2023 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5b7717d9-5e75-45bd-ae45-a187649e50bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
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