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70 lines
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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act authorizing the city of Watertown to place municipal charge liens on certain properties in the city of Watertown for nonpayment of any local charge, fee or fine"
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description: "By Representatives Owens of Watertown and Lawn of Watertown, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4508) of Steven Owens, John J. Lawn, Jr., and William N. Brownsberger (with the approval of the city council) that the city of Watertown be authorized to place municipal charge liens on certain properties in said city for nonpayment of any local charges, fees or fines. 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: "193rd"
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identifier: "H 4508"
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citation: "Massachusetts H 4508 (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: "2024-03-21"
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last_action: "2024-08-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a31e4a9-9752-447a-9ad9-d573ddbdf9fd"
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source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/H4508"
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source_hash: "aa3313ce05a0d5daf5f0c29f01a6196e9668fff316813eeca91b1b548c07b5ea"
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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 4508 (193rd) — An Act authorizing the city of Watertown to place municipal charge liens on certain properties in the city of Watertown for nonpayment of any local charge, fee or fine
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By Representatives Owens of Watertown and Lawn of Watertown, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4508) of Steven Owens, John J. Lawn, Jr., and William N. Brownsberger (with the approval of the city council) that the city of Watertown be authorized to place municipal charge liens on certain properties in said city for nonpayment of any local charges, fees or fines. 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/193/H4508.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- John J. Lawn, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Steven Owens — cosponsor (person)
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- William N. Brownsberger — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-03-21** Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-25** Senate concurred
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- **2024-03-28** Hearing scheduled for 03/28/2024 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in Written Testimony Only
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- **2024-04-16** 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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- **2024-05-02** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
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- **2024-05-02** Rules suspended
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- **2024-05-02** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
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- **2024-05-28** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-05-30** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
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- **2024-06-13** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
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- **2024-08-16** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
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- **2024-08-16** Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-08-20** Enacted `passage`
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- **2024-08-20** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
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- **2024-08-27** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 189 of the Acts of 2024 `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/9a31e4a9-9752-447a-9ad9-d573ddbdf9fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
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