KLS Keeping Law Simple Legislation in plain English

Straight-ahead summaries built from the official bill text. We keep the source links front and center and leave the decision up to you.

Back to Massachusetts

H4201 • 2025

An Act relative to changing the two-year elected term for the Mayor of Chicopee to a four-year elected term

An Act relative to changing the two-year elected term for the Mayor of Chicopee to a four-year elected term

Elections
Active

The official status still shows this bill as active or still awaiting another formal step.

Sponsor
Shirley B. Arriaga
Last action
2026-04-16
Official status
Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

An Act relative to changing the two-year elected term for the Mayor of Chicopee to a four-year elected term

An Act relative to changing the two-year elected term for the Mayor of Chicopee to a four-year elected term By Representative Arriaga of Chicopee, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to changing the two-year elected term for the Mayor of Chicopee to a four-year elected term By Representative Arriaga of Chicopee, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 4201) of Shirley B.
  • Arriaga (with the approval of the mayor and city council) relative to changing the two-year elected term for the office of mayor of in the city of Chicopee to a four-year elected term.
  • Election Laws.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-16 Senate

    Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session

  2. 2026-04-13 House

    Read third, amended and passed to be engrossed

  3. 2025-10-08 House

    Rules suspended

  4. 2025-10-08 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  5. 2025-10-06 House

    Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading

  6. 2025-09-02 House

    Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

  7. 2025-06-27 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 07/08/2025 from 01:00 PM-04:00 PM in B-1

  8. 2025-06-09 Senate

    Senate concurred

  9. 2025-06-05 House

    Referred to the committee on Election Laws

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to changing the two-year elected term for the Mayor of Chicopee to a four-year elected term
By Representative Arriaga of Chicopee, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4201) of Shirley B. Arriaga (with the approval of the mayor and city council) relative to changing the two-year elected term for the office of mayor of in the city of Chicopee to a four-year elected term. Election Laws. [Local Approval Received.]

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
×

Bill H.4201

SECTION 1. At the next annual municipal election in the City of Chicopee, and at such election in every fourth year thereafter, the mayor shall be elected by the qualified voters of the City voting in their respective precincts. The mayor shall be elected by ballot and shall hold office for four years from the first Monday in January following the election at which they were elected, and until a successor is elected and qualified.

SECTION 2. Chapter 144 of the acts of 1917 is hereby repealed.

SECTION 3. So much of the charter of said City and of the amendments thereto as is inconsistent herewith is hereby repealed.

SECTION 4. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by a majority of the qualified voters of the City of Chicopee, present and voting therein at the state election in the current year.

The information contained in this website is for general information purposes only. The General Court provides this information as a public service and while we endeavor to keep the data accurate and current to the best of our ability, we make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability or availability with respect to the website or the information contained on the website for any purpose. Any reliance you place on such information is therefore strictly at your own risk.

Close