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H4380 • 2025

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

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

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Finn, Michael J.
Last action
2026-02-25
Official status
Signed by the Governor, Chapter 31 of the Acts of 2026
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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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

An Act amending the charter of the city known as the town of Agawam to strike the reference to the board of appeals By Representative Finn of West Springfield and Senator Velis, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act amending the charter of the city known as the town of Agawam to strike the reference to the board of appeals By Representative Finn of West Springfield and Senator Velis, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 4380) of Michael J.
  • Finn and Nicholas A.
  • Boldyga (with the approval of the town council) that the city known as the town of Agawam be authorized to strike the reference to the board of appeals in the city charter.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-25 Executive

    Signed by the Governor, Chapter 31 of the Acts of 2026

  2. 2026-02-17 House

    Enacted

  3. 2026-02-17 Senate

    Enacted and laid before the Governor

  4. 2026-02-12 Senate

    Taken out of the Orders of the Day

  5. 2026-02-12 Senate

    Read third and passed to be engrossed

  6. 2025-10-23 Senate

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  7. 2025-10-14 Senate

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

  8. 2025-10-09 House

    Read third, amended, and passed to be engrossed

  9. 2025-09-25 House

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

  10. 2025-09-25 House

    Rules suspended

  11. 2025-09-25 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  12. 2025-09-22 House

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

  13. 2025-09-04 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 09/04/2025 from 03:10 PM-01:30 PM in Written Testimony Only

  14. 2025-08-11 Senate

    Senate concurred

  15. 2025-08-07 House

    Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government

Official Summary Text

An Act amending the charter of the city known as the town of Agawam to strike the reference to the board of appeals
By Representative Finn of West Springfield and Senator Velis, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4380) of Michael J. Finn and Nicholas A. Boldyga (with the approval of the town council) that the city known as the town of Agawam be authorized to strike the reference to the board of appeals in the city charter. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.4380

SECTION 1. The charter of the city known as the Town of Agawam, certificate of the same having been deposited in the office of the state secretary and kept under the custody of the archivist of the commonwealth, as provided by Section 12 of Chapter 43B of the General Laws, is hereby amended in Section 2-8 of Article 2 by striking out Subsection c, entitled ‘Board of Appeals’, in its entirety.

SECTION 2. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, this act shall be submitted for acceptance to the qualified voters of the city known as the Town of Agawam at the 2025 regular election in the form of the following question:

“Shall an Act passed by the General Court in the year 2025 entitled ‘An Act amending the charter of the city known as the Town of Agawam to strike the reference to the Board of Appeals’ be accepted?”

Below the question shall appear a fair and concise summary of the proposed charter amendment prepared by the city solicitor.

If a majority of the votes cast in answer to this question are in the affirmative, Section 1 shall take effect forthwith and the City Council and Mayor of the city known as the Town of Agawam shall provide by ordinance for a zoning board of appeals in a manner consistent with the provisions of Section 12 of Chapter 40A of the General Laws.

SECTION 3. The city solicitor shall prepare the summary required under section 2 not later than 60 days before the election in accordance with section 58A of chapter 54 of the General Laws.

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