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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act authorizing the town of Swansea to enter into a lease agreement for Medeiros Farm"
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description: "By Representative Haddad of Somerset and Senator Rodrigues, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4197) of Patricia A. Haddad, Michael J. Rodrigues and Steven S. Howitt (by vote of the town) that the town of Swansea be authorized to enter into a lease agreement for Medeiros Farm. 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: "192nd"
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identifier: "H 4197"
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citation: "Massachusetts H 4197 (192nd)"
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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: 20
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2021-10-12"
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last_action: "2022-07-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ad1ce25-3230-49d6-a361-187e6f7e425c"
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source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H4197"
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source_hash: "92af19bcf22a1e815659afaaf965593f310ebfad7798e3fbdfbd0a5e1b5029ea"
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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 4197 (192nd) — An Act authorizing the town of Swansea to enter into a lease agreement for Medeiros Farm
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By Representative Haddad of Somerset and Senator Rodrigues, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4197) of Patricia A. Haddad, Michael J. Rodrigues and Steven S. Howitt (by vote of the town) that the town of Swansea be authorized to enter into a lease agreement for Medeiros Farm. 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/192/H4197.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- Michael J. Rodrigues — cosponsor (person)
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- Patricia A. Haddad — cosponsor (person)
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- Steven S. Howitt — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-10-12** Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government `referral-committee`
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- **2021-10-14** Senate concurred
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- **2021-11-08** 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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- **2021-11-15** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading
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- **2021-11-16** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
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- **2022-05-16** Read third and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
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- **2022-05-19** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
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- **2022-06-16** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
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- **2022-07-14** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
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- **2022-07-14** Read third `reading-3`
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- **2022-07-14** Amendment #1 (Rodrigues) adopted `amendment-passage`
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- **2022-07-14** Amended by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S2998 `amendment-passage`
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- **2022-07-14** Passed to be engrossed `passage`
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- **2022-07-14** Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading `referral-committee`
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- **2022-07-14** Rules suspended
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- **2022-07-14** House concurred in the Senate amendment
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- **2022-07-14** Enacted - 154 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 217 ) `passage`
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- **2022-07-18** Enacted -see Roll Call #205 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0) `passage`
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- **2022-07-18** Laid before the Governor
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- **2022-07-25** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 114 of the Acts of 2022 `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/3ad1ce25-3230-49d6-a361-187e6f7e425c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
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