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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act authorizing the city of Somerville to offer an exemption for certain owner occupied residential properties for water and sewer charges and rates"
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description: "By Ms. Provost of Somerville, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4309) of Denise Provost and others (with the approval of the mayor and city council) that the city of Somerville be authorized to offer exemptions for certain owner occupied residential properties for water and sewer charges and rates. 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: "190th"
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identifier: "H 4309"
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citation: "Massachusetts H 4309 (190th)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Denise Provost"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2018-03-15"
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last_action: "2018-11-15"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87095314-a897-48a7-a045-e25c2f0af64e"
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source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H4309"
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source_hash: "7f9e0cc9068eeb3747e29f04a742471d05da91eda49b7472c7700a607d1c8fc1"
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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 4309 (190th) — An Act authorizing the city of Somerville to offer an exemption for certain owner occupied residential properties for water and sewer charges and rates
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By Ms. Provost of Somerville, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4309) of Denise Provost and others (with the approval of the mayor and city council) that the city of Somerville be authorized to offer exemptions for certain owner occupied residential properties for water and sewer charges and rates. 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/190/H4309.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- Denise Provost — primary (person)
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- Christine P. Barber — cosponsor (person)
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- Mike Connolly — cosponsor (person)
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- Patricia D. Jehlen — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-03-15** Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government `referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-19** Senate concurred
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- **2018-04-12** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-05-07** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
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- **2018-05-07** Rules suspended
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- **2018-05-07** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
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- **2018-10-01** Read third and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
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- **2018-10-04** Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2018-11-01** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
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- **2018-11-01** Read third and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
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- **2018-11-05** Enacted `passage`
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- **2018-11-05** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
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- **2018-11-15** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 298 of the Acts of 2018 `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/87095314-a897-48a7-a045-e25c2f0af64e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
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