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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act changing the timing of preliminary elections in the city known as the town of Agawam to eight weeks preceding regular elections"
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description: "By Representatives Finn of West Springfield and Boldyga of Southwick, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4023) of Michael J. Finn and Nicholas A. Boldyga (by vote of the town) that the city known as the town of Agawam be authorized to change the timing of preliminary elections in said town to eight weeks preceding regular elections. Election Laws. [Local Approval Received.]"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
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legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
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session: "193rd"
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identifier: "H 4023"
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citation: "Massachusetts H 4023 (193rd)"
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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: 15
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2023-07-27"
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last_action: "2023-09-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7a413b3-aac1-415a-ba9b-db76fb88358a"
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source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/H4023"
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source_hash: "4212d7419f3c9d9a990c9e284fafc7e42c8dc65f51b3acb76d4ed079924c5b62"
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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 4023 (193rd) — An Act changing the timing of preliminary elections in the city known as the town of Agawam to eight weeks preceding regular elections
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By Representatives Finn of West Springfield and Boldyga of Southwick, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4023) of Michael J. Finn and Nicholas A. Boldyga (by vote of the town) that the city known as the town of Agawam be authorized to change the timing of preliminary elections in said town to eight weeks preceding regular elections. Election Laws. [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/193/H4023.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- Michael J. Finn — cosponsor (person)
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- Nicholas A. Boldyga — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-07-27** Referred to the committee on Election Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2023-07-31** Senate concurred
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- **2023-09-05** 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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- **2023-09-05** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
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- **2023-09-05** Rules suspended
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- **2023-09-05** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
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- **2023-09-14** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-09-18** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
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- **2023-09-25** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
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- **2023-09-25** Read second, amended, ordered to a third reading, read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
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- **2023-09-25** Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading `referral-committee`
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- **2023-09-25** House concurred in the Senate amendment
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- **2023-09-25** Enacted `passage`
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- **2023-09-25** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
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- **2023-09-27** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 46 of the Acts of 2023 `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/a7a413b3-aac1-415a-ba9b-db76fb88358a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
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