H 4723 Massachusetts House · 194th Legislature (2025-2026)

An Act designating a certain bridge in the town of Chelmsford as the Ferreira Brothers Bridge

This bill designates a specific bridge on Gorham Street in Chelmsford as the "Ferreira Brothers Bridge." It directly affects the local community by formally naming a public infrastructure location. The bill is purely ceremonial, with no policy changes or mechanisms beyond the official naming designation. It honors the Ferreira brothers through this permanent reference on the bridge structure.
Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Oct 2025
Committee Review
May 2026
House Passage
May 2026
Senate Passage
Nov 2025
Governor
Introduced Oct 15, 2025 Last action May 11, 2026
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
11
Key actions
4
Committee
5
May 11, 2026
Committee
Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Rules
upper
May 7, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third and passed to be engrossed
lower
Feb 17, 2026
Lower · Passed
Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
lower
Jan 20, 2026
Lower · Passed
Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
lower
Nov 6, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate concurred
upper
Nov 5, 2025
Committee
Reported, referred to the committee on Joint Rules, reported, rules suspended and referred to the committee on Transportation
lower
Oct 15, 2025
Committee
Referred to the committee on House Rules
lower
0 primary · 5 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.