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---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the charter of the city of Westfield"
description: "Senate, January 8, 2024 -- Substituted as a new draft (Senator Velis) for the Senate Bill amending the charter of the city of Westfield (Senate, No. 2423)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
session: "193rd"
identifier: "S 2547"
citation: "Massachusetts S 2547 (193rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John C. Velis"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-01-08"
last_action: "2024-02-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43ac1368-cf56-4447-967e-ca0a0fc4f628"
source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/S2547"
source_hash: "4d7f071243aa9856e1e6e454700c37a6f6f6ab0f4f042f002c0bfd25291c17ea"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
---
# Massachusetts S 2547 (193rd) — An Act amending the charter of the city of Westfield
Senate, January 8, 2024 -- Substituted as a new draft (Senator Velis) for the Senate Bill amending the charter of the city of Westfield (Senate, No. 2423).
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/S2547.pdf)
## Sponsors
- John C. Velis — primary (person)
- Kelly W. Pease — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-08** Recommended new draft (Velis) for S2423
- **2024-01-08** Substituted for S2483
- **2024-01-08** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-01-10** Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-10** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
- **2024-01-10** Rules suspended
- **2024-01-10** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
- **2024-01-25** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-01-29** Enacted `passage`
- **2024-01-29** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
- **2024-02-06** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 18 of the Acts of 2024 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/43ac1368-cf56-4447-967e-ca0a0fc4f628`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).