# Massachusetts H 4723: An Act designating a certain bridge in the town of Chelmsford as the Ferreira Brothers Bridge

Massachusetts H 4723, An Act designating a certain bridge in the town of Chelmsford as the Ferreira Brothers Bridge, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by James Arciero (Democratic), Simon Cataldo (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-10-09 (Signed by the Governor, Chapter 238 of the Acts of 2026) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts H 4723
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act designating a certain bridge in the town of Chelmsford as the Ferreira Brothers Bridge
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-10-15
- Last action: 2026-10-09, Signed by the Governor, Chapter 238 of the Acts of 2026
- Sponsors: James Arciero (Democratic), Simon Cataldo (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 4
- Subjects: House Rules, Joint Rules, reported, rules suspended and referred to the committee on Transportation, House Steering, Policy and Scheduling, Senate Rules
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (19 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: James Arciero (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Simon Cataldo (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Michael J. Barrett (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Rodney M. Elliott (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Tara T. Hong (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Vanna Howard (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-09-24 | committee | Committee Place in OD: Placed in the Orders of the Day | pass | 7 | 0 |   |
| 2025-12-18 | committee | Committee Favorable: Favorable | pass | 12 | 0 |   |

## Actions (17)

- 2026-10-09: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 238 of the Acts of 2026
- 2026-10-01: Enacted and laid before the Governor (Senate)
- 2026-10-01: Enacted (House)
- 2026-09-28: Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed (Senate)
- 2026-09-28: Rules suspended (Senate)
- 2026-09-28: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session (Senate)
- 2026-05-11: Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Rules (Senate)
- 2026-05-07: Read third and passed to be engrossed (House)
- 2026-02-17: Read second and ordered to a third reading (House)
- 2026-02-17: Rules suspended (House)
- 2026-02-17: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting (House)
- 2026-01-20: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling (House)
- 2025-12-04: Hearing rescheduled to 12/10/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2 and Virtual<br> <span style="color: blue; font-style: italic;">Hearing updated to include Virtual</span> (legislature)
- 2025-11-26: Hearing scheduled for 12/10/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2 (legislature)
- 2025-11-06: Senate concurred (Senate)
- 2025-11-05: Reported, referred to the committee on Joint Rules, reported, rules suspended and referred to the committee on Transportation (House)
- 2025-10-15: Referred to the committee on House Rules (House)

## Bill text

- Chapter 238 of the Acts of 2026, 2026-10-09: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4723.pdf)

## Related bills

- H 4585: An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax abatements (signed)
- H 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police chief Neal Hovey (passed senate)
- 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 4755: An Act amending the means tested senior citizen property tax exemption in the town of Sudbury (signed)
- H 3909: An Act authorizing the Provincetown year-round market rate rental housing trust to acquire year-round housing occupancy restrictions (signed)
- H 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nicholas Spinale (second reading)

## Sources
- [Chapter 238 of the Acts of 2026 (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4723.pdf)

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