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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act authorizing the town of West Stockbridge to continue the employment of Steven Traver as fire chief"
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description: "An Act authorizing the town of West Stockbridge to continue the employment of Steven Traver as fire chief"
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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 4196"
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citation: "Massachusetts H 4196 (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: 14
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2023-11-27"
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last_action: "2024-02-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/410b90ab-21bd-4982-9340-2477967b9538"
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source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/H4196"
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source_hash: "e04812ec64f2efaea117644b80d7a6c4886781cd93f366d6c344fb5c21259871"
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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 4196 (193rd) — An Act authorizing the town of West Stockbridge to continue the employment of Steven Traver as fire chief
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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/H4196.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- Joint Committee on Public Service — primary (organization)
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- Paul W. Mark — cosponsor (person)
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- Smitty Pignatelli — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-11-27** Reported from the committee on Public Service
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- **2023-11-27** New draft of H3865
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- **2023-11-27** 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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- **2023-12-07** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
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- **2023-12-07** Rules suspended
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- **2023-12-07** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
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- **2023-12-14** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-12-18** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
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- **2024-01-18** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-15** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
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- **2024-02-15** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-20** Enacted `passage`
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- **2024-02-20** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
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- **2024-02-29** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 32 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/410b90ab-21bd-4982-9340-2477967b9538`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
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