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An Act authorizing the continued employment of Steven A. Hilliger, firefighter of the town of Lancaster

Filed by Meghan K. Kilcoyne  ·  1 cosponsor  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 77 of the Acts of 2025.

H2879  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD763

13 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-02-27HouseReferred to the committee on Public Service
2025-02-27SenateSenate concurred
2025-05-01JointHearing scheduled for 05/07/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1
2025-08-21HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2025-09-11HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2025-09-11HouseRules suspended
2025-09-11HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2025-11-06HouseRead third and passed to be engrossed
2025-11-10SenateRead, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading
2025-11-19SenateRead third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed
2025-11-20HouseEnacted
2025-11-20SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2025-11-26ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 77 of the Acts of 2025

1 committee vote

Public Service (J)  ·  2025-08-01 15:44  ·  Public Service Matters

favorable · 7

no action · 4

Positions are the four the committee itself records. Reserving a right is not an abstention and no action is not an absence.

Public hearing

House Rule 27 counts its reporting deadline from the day a bill is heard.

DateCommitteeWhereStatus
2025-05-07Public Service (J)A-1, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorablePublic Service (J)
Place in ODSteering, Policy and Scheduling (H)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (H)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (S)

Cosponsors

In the order filed.

Every action here is as the legislature published it. A bill that drew no recorded vote is the ordinary case: the House records roughly 150 a year.