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Bill An Act relative to making the charter of the city of Chicopee gender neutral Substituted, on motion of Mr. Walsh of Peabody, for a bill with the same title (House, No. 2244) [Local Approval Received]. September 18, 2025. us/states/ma Massachusetts General Court 194th H 4542 Massachusetts H 4542 (194th)
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Massachusetts H 4542 (194th) — An Act relative to making the charter of the city of Chicopee gender neutral

Substituted, on motion of Mr. Walsh of Peabody, for a bill with the same title (House, No. 2244) [Local Approval Received]. September 18, 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)
  • Jacob R. Oliveira — cosponsor (person)
  • Shirley B. Arriaga — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-09-18 Substituted for H2244
  • 2025-09-18 Passed to be engrossed passage
  • 2025-09-22 Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading reading-1, reading-2
  • 2026-03-30 Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  • 2026-03-30 Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed passage, reading-3
  • 2026-04-02 Enacted passage
  • 2026-04-02 Enacted and laid before the Governor passage
  • 2026-04-10 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 56 of the Acts of 2026 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1e99c63e-c9dc-4e86-9644-c9fa7558ba39. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).