House adopts amendment to Agawam charter bill changing timing language; amendment adopted by voice vote

The Massachusetts House on the floor received and adopted an amendment to House Bill 4380, an act to amend the charter of the town of Agawam to remove a reference to the Board of Appeals.

Representative Walsh Peabody offered an amendment to Section 2, line 8 of House Bill 4380, striking the phrase “2025 regular election” and inserting “the next regular or special election following the 2025 regular election.” The amendment also added a Section 4 providing that Sections 2 and 3 shall take effect upon (text as read into the record by the clerk). The clerk read the amendment aloud on the floor.

The House voted on the amendment by voice vote; the chair announced “the ayes have it,” and the amendment was adopted. Following that action the House ordered the bill to be passed to be engrossed as amended by voice vote.

The transcript records the amendment text as moved and read into the record and shows adoption by voice vote; it does not include a roll-call tally or further debate on the merits of the change. No additional implementation steps or effective date beyond the text read into the record are recorded in the transcript.