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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act relative to making the charter of the city of Chicopee gender neutral"
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description: "Substituted, on motion of Mr. Walsh of Peabody, for a bill with the same title (House, No. 2244) [Local Approval Received]. September 18, 2025."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
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legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
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session: "194th"
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identifier: "H 4542"
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citation: "Massachusetts H 4542 (194th)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Thomas P. Walsh"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 8
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2025-09-18"
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last_action: "2026-04-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e99c63e-c9dc-4e86-9644-c9fa7558ba39"
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source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4542"
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source_hash: "c1c597930edc725a4ed0397a52dc98f630cf38fac6e17168dff40bac77737190"
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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 4542 (194th) — An Act relative to making the charter of the city of Chicopee gender neutral
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Substituted, on motion of Mr. Walsh of Peabody, for a bill with the same title (House, No. 2244) [Local Approval Received]. September 18, 2025.
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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/194/H4542.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- Thomas P. Walsh — primary (person)
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- Jacob R. Oliveira — cosponsor (person)
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- Shirley B. Arriaga — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-09-18** Substituted for H2244
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- **2025-09-18** Passed to be engrossed `passage`
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- **2025-09-22** Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2026-03-30** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
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- **2026-03-30** Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-04-02** Enacted `passage`
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- **2026-04-02** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
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- **2026-04-10** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 56 of the Acts of 2026 `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/1e99c63e-c9dc-4e86-9644-c9fa7558ba39`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
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