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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act amending the charter of the city of Greenfield"
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description: "By Representative Blais of Deerfield and Senator Comerford, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4379) of Natalie M. Blais and Joanne M. Comerford (with the approval of the mayor and city council) for legislation to authorize the city of Greenfield to amend its charter. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
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legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
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session: "194th"
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identifier: "H 4379"
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citation: "Massachusetts H 4379 (194th)"
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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: 14
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2025-08-07"
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last_action: "2026-01-22"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec513b6f-a78c-4dc5-bae4-b484b9d3a3d4"
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source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4379"
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source_hash: "37d4e4f741e09874f8ec77f1cdcd3fcb81302c1e63ba16938965c25f5987d65e"
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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 4379 (194th) — An Act amending the charter of the city of Greenfield
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By Representative Blais of Deerfield and Senator Comerford, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4379) of Natalie M. Blais and Joanne M. Comerford (with the approval of the mayor and city council) for legislation to authorize the city of Greenfield to amend its charter. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]
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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/194/H4379.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- Joanne M. Comerford — cosponsor (person)
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- Natalie M. Blais — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-08-07** Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government `referral-committee`
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- **2025-08-11** Senate concurred
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- **2025-09-04** Hearing scheduled for 09/04/2025 from 03:10 PM-01:30 PM in Written Testimony Only
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- **2025-09-22** 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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- **2025-10-16** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
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- **2025-10-16** Rules suspended
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- **2025-10-16** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-11-26** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-12-01** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
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- **2026-01-12** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
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- **2026-01-12** Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
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- **2026-01-15** Enacted `passage`
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- **2026-01-15** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
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- **2026-01-22** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 6 of the Acts of 2026 `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/ec513b6f-a78c-4dc5-bae4-b484b9d3a3d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
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