republic-os/legislation/us/states/ma/193rd/h-4508.md

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Bill	An Act authorizing the city of Watertown to place municipal charge liens on certain properties in the city of Watertown for nonpayment of any local charge, fee or fine	By Representatives Owens of Watertown and Lawn of Watertown, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4508) of Steven Owens, John J. Lawn, Jr., and William N. Brownsberger (with the approval of the city council) that the city of Watertown be authorized to place municipal charge liens on certain properties in said city for nonpayment of any local charges, fees or fines. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]	us/states/ma	Massachusetts General Court	193rd	H 4508	Massachusetts H 4508 (193rd)	bill		enacted		1	15	0	2024-03-21	2024-08-27	openstates	ocd-bill/9a31e4a9-9752-447a-9ad9-d573ddbdf9fd	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/H4508	aa3313ce05a0d5daf5f0c29f01a6196e9668fff316813eeca91b1b548c07b5ea	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ma

Massachusetts H 4508 (193rd) — An Act authorizing the city of Watertown to place municipal charge liens on certain properties in the city of Watertown for nonpayment of any local charge, fee or fine

By Representatives Owens of Watertown and Lawn of Watertown, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4508) of Steven Owens, John J. Lawn, Jr., and William N. Brownsberger (with the approval of the city council) that the city of Watertown be authorized to place municipal charge liens on certain properties in said city for nonpayment of any local charges, fees or fines. 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

• John J. Lawn, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Steven Owens — cosponsor (person)
• William N. Brownsberger — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-03-21 Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government referral-committee
• 2024-03-25 Senate concurred
• 2024-03-28 Hearing scheduled for 03/28/2024 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in Written Testimony Only
• 2024-04-16 Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-05-02 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
• 2024-05-02 Rules suspended
• 2024-05-02 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
• 2024-05-28 Read third and passed to be engrossed passage, reading-3
• 2024-05-30 Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
• 2024-06-13 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
• 2024-08-16 Taken out of the Orders of the Day
• 2024-08-16 Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed passage, reading-3
• 2024-08-20 Enacted passage
• 2024-08-20 Enacted and laid before the Governor passage
• 2024-08-27 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 189 of the Acts of 2024 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9a31e4a9-9752-447a-9ad9-d573ddbdf9fd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).