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An Act amending the charter of the city known as the town of Agawam to strike the reference to the board of appeals

Filed by Michael J. Finn  ·  1 cosponsor  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 31 of the Acts of 2026.

H4380  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD4981

15 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-08-07HouseReferred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government
2025-08-11SenateSenate concurred
2025-09-04JointHearing scheduled for 09/04/2025 from 03:10 PM-01:30 PM in Written Testimony Only
2025-09-22HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2025-09-25HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2025-09-25HouseRules suspended
2025-09-25HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2025-10-09HouseRead third, amended, and passed to be engrossed
2025-10-14SenateRead; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2025-10-23SenateRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-02-12SenateTaken out of the Orders of the Day
2026-02-12SenateRead third and passed to be engrossed
2026-02-17HouseEnacted
2026-02-17SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2026-02-25ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 31 of the Acts of 2026

1 amendments filed

1 adopted

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
House 1Floor AmendmentThomas P. WalshAdopted

1 committee vote

Municipalities and Regional Government (J)  ·  2025-09-12 14:00  ·  ought to pass

favorable · 10

no action · 1

Positions are the four the committee itself records. Reserving a right is not an abstention and no action is not an absence.

Public hearing

House Rule 27 counts its reporting deadline from the day a bill is heard.

DateCommitteeWhereStatus
2025-09-04Municipalities and Regional Government (J)Written Testimony Only, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableMunicipalities and Regional Government (J)
Place in ODSteering, Policy and Scheduling (H)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (H)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (S)

Cosponsors

In the order filed.

Every action here is as the legislature published it. A bill that drew no recorded vote is the ordinary case: the House records roughly 150 a year.