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Bill An Act establishing a charter for the city of Somerville Substituted by the House, on motion of Mr. Walsh of Peabody, for a bill with the same title (House, No. 4264) [Local Approval Received]. August 21, 2025. us/states/ma Massachusetts General Court 194th H 4445 Massachusetts H 4445 (194th)
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Massachusetts H 4445 (194th) — An Act establishing a charter for the city of Somerville

Substituted by the House, on motion of Mr. Walsh of Peabody, for a bill with the same title (House, No. 4264) [Local Approval Received]. August 21, 2025.

Version chain

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

  1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

  • Thomas P. Walsh — primary (person)
  • Christine P. Barber — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-08-21 Substituted for H4264
  • 2025-08-21 Passed to be engrossed passage
  • 2025-08-25 Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading reading-1, reading-2
  • 2025-09-11 Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  • 2025-09-11 Read third reading-3
  • 2025-09-11 Amended (Jehlen) by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S2604 amendment-passage
  • 2025-09-11 Passed to be engrossed passage
  • 2025-09-11 Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading referral-committee
  • 2025-09-11 House concurred in the Senate amendment
  • 2025-09-11 Enacted passage
  • 2025-09-11 Enacted and laid before the Governor passage
  • 2025-09-19 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 31 of the Acts of 2025 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/74c7e337-2d2d-4511-b2a7-2121297a9ce3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).