republic-os/legislation/us/states/ma/193rd/h-4170.md

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Bill	An Act authorizing the town of Sharon to change the use of a certain parcel of land acquired for outdoor recreational purposes to a use for general municipal purposes	By Representative Philips of Sharon and Senator Feeney, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4170) of Edward R. Philips and Paul R. Feeney (by vote of the town) that the town of Sharon be authorized to change the use of a certain parcel of land in said town acquired for outdoor recreational purposes to a use for general municipal purposes. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]	us/states/ma	Massachusetts General Court	193rd	H 4170	Massachusetts H 4170 (193rd)	bill		enacted		1	16	0	2023-11-08	2024-06-18	openstates	ocd-bill/6d920cde-2095-4b7b-8d78-753453a4f906	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/H4170	121a820d1c9ef79fcffe0679f0d02b9e2a3f1db27e641dce7b990c57f886c523	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ma

Massachusetts H 4170 (193rd) — An Act authorizing the town of Sharon to change the use of a certain parcel of land acquired for outdoor recreational purposes to a use for general municipal purposes

By Representative Philips of Sharon and Senator Feeney, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4170) of Edward R. Philips and Paul R. Feeney (by vote of the town) that the town of Sharon be authorized to change the use of a certain parcel of land in said town acquired for outdoor recreational purposes to a use for general municipal purposes. 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

• Edward R. Philips — cosponsor (person)
• Paul R. Feeney — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-11-08 Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government referral-committee
• 2023-11-09 Senate concurred
• 2023-11-28 Hearing scheduled for 12/05/2023 from 11:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-1
• 2023-12-28 Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-01-11 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
• 2024-01-11 Rules suspended
• 2024-01-11 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
• 2024-02-15 Read third (title changed), amended and passed to be engrossed passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-20 Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
• 2024-03-14 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
• 2024-06-10 Taken out of the Orders of the Day
• 2024-06-10 Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed passage, reading-3
• 2024-06-12 Enacted - 156 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 118 ) passage
• 2024-06-13 Enacted -see Roll Call #183 (Yeas 38 to Nays 0) passage
• 2024-06-13 Laid before he Governor
• 2024-06-18 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 115 of the Acts of 2024 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6d920cde-2095-4b7b-8d78-753453a4f906. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).