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Bill	An Act amending the charter of the city of Westfield	Senate, January 8, 2024 -- Substituted as a new draft (Senator Velis) for the Senate Bill amending the charter of the city of Westfield (Senate, No. 2423).	us/states/ma	Massachusetts General Court	193rd	S 2547	Massachusetts S 2547 (193rd)	bill		enacted	John C. Velis	1	11	0	2024-01-08	2024-02-06	openstates	ocd-bill/43ac1368-cf56-4447-967e-ca0a0fc4f628	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/S2547	4d7f071243aa9856e1e6e454700c37a6f6f6ab0f4f042f002c0bfd25291c17ea	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ma

Massachusetts S 2547 (193rd) — An Act amending the charter of the city of Westfield

Senate, January 8, 2024 -- Substituted as a new draft (Senator Velis) for the Senate Bill amending the charter of the city of Westfield (Senate, No. 2423).

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• John C. Velis — primary (person)
• Kelly W. Pease — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-08 Recommended new draft (Velis) for S2423
• 2024-01-08 Substituted for S2483
• 2024-01-08 Read third and passed to be engrossed passage, reading-3
• 2024-01-10 Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling referral-committee
• 2024-01-10 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
• 2024-01-10 Rules suspended
• 2024-01-10 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
• 2024-01-25 Read third and passed to be engrossed passage, reading-3
• 2024-01-29 Enacted passage
• 2024-01-29 Enacted and laid before the Governor passage
• 2024-02-06 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 18 of the Acts of 2024 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/43ac1368-cf56-4447-967e-ca0a0fc4f628. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).