# Massachusetts H 4716: An Act amending the charter of the city of Pittsfield Massachusetts H 4716, An Act amending the charter of the city of Pittsfield, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Tricia Farley-Bouvier (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-11-30 (Signed by the Governor, Chapter 264 of the Acts of 2026) (as of 2026-11-04). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4716-194 - As of: 2026-11-04 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Massachusetts H 4716 - State: Massachusetts - Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026) - Title: An Act amending the charter of the city of Pittsfield - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-11-06 - Last action: 2026-11-30, Signed by the Governor, Chapter 264 of the Acts of 2026 - Sponsor: Tricia Farley-Bouvier (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: Municipalities and Regional Government, House Steering, Policy and Scheduling, Bills in the Third Reading - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 1 (11 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Tricia Farley-Bouvier (Democratic), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-01-12 | committee | Committee Favorable: ought to pass | pass | 11 | 0 | | ## Actions (29) - 2026-11-30: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 264 of the Acts of 2026 - 2026-10-22: Re-enacted and again laid before the Governor (Senate) - 2026-10-21: Re-enacted (House) - 2026-10-19: Governor's amendment adopted, in concurrence (Senate) - 2026-10-19: Rules suspended (Senate) - 2026-10-15: Governor's amendment adopted (House) - 2026-10-15: Governor's amendment considered (in the form approved by the committee on Bills in the Third Reading) (House) - 2026-10-15: Bills in the Third Reading special report accepted (House) - 2026-10-01: Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading (House) - 2026-10-01: For message, see H5683 (House) - 2026-09-30: Governor returned to the House with recommendation of amendment (House) - 2026-09-21: Enacted and laid before the Governor (Senate) - 2026-09-21: Enacted (House) - 2026-09-17: Senate concurred in the House amendment (Senate) - 2026-09-17: Rules suspended (Senate) - 2026-09-17: Amendment adopted (House) - 2026-09-17: Rules suspended (House) - 2026-08-04: Read third and passed to be engrossed (Senate) - 2026-08-04: Taken out of the Orders of the Day (Senate) - 2026-07-01: Read second and ordered to a third reading (Senate) - 2026-06-15: Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session (Senate) - 2026-06-11: Read third and passed to be engrossed (House) - 2026-02-19: Read second and ordered to a third reading (House) - 2026-02-19: Rules suspended (House) - 2026-02-19: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting (House) - 2026-01-22: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling (House) - 2025-11-17: Hearing scheduled for 11/17/2025 from 10:00 AM-05:00 PM in Written Testimony Only (legislature) - 2025-11-10: Senate concurred (Senate) - 2025-11-06: Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government (House) ## Bill text - Chapter 264 of the Acts of 2026, 2026-11-30: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4716.pdf) ## Related bills - H 5685: An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Carry Shulock-Sexton, an employee of the department of agricultural resources (signed) - H 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police chief Neal Hovey (passed senate) - S 3139: An Act authorizing the town of Medfield to continue the employment of David O'Toole as deputy fire chief (signed) - H 4585: An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax abatements (signed) - H 5515: An Act to increase the value of estates eligible for abatements pursuant to M.G.L. chapter 59, section 5, clauses seventeenth D and forty-first C in the town o… (passed house) - H 3909: An Act authorizing the Provincetown year-round market rate rental housing trust to acquire year-round housing occupancy restrictions (signed) ## Sources - [Chapter 264 of the Acts of 2026 (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4716.pdf) ## Related - [H 5685: An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Carry Shulock-Sexton, an employee of…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5685-194) - [H 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police ch…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5435-194) - [S 3139: An Act authorizing the town of Medfield to continue the employment of David O'T…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-S3139-194) - [H 4585: An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax aba…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4585-194) - [H 5515: An Act to increase the value of estates eligible for abatements pursuant to M.G…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5515-194) - [H 3909: An Act authorizing the Provincetown year-round market rate rental housing trust…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H3909-194) - [Massachusetts bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/massachusetts/bills) - [Massachusetts state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/massachusetts) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4716-194 (as of 2026-11-04).