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An Act exempting the position of assistant fire chief in the town of Natick from the civil service law

Filed by David Paul Linsky  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 55 of the Acts of 2025.

H3901  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD4397

14 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-03-13HouseReferred to the committee on Public Service
2025-03-17SenateSenate concurred
2025-05-08JointHearing scheduled for 05/12/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1
2025-08-25HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2025-09-15HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2025-09-15HouseRules suspended
2025-09-15HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2025-10-09HouseRead third and passed to be engrossed
2025-10-14SenateRead, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading
2025-10-23SenateTaken out of the Orders of the Day
2025-10-23SenateRead third and passed to be engrossed
2025-10-27HouseEnacted
2025-10-30SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2025-11-06ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 55 of the Acts of 2025

1 committee vote

Public Service (J)  ·  2025-08-08 16:42  ·  Public Service Matters

favorable · 10

no action · 1

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
2025-05-12Public 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)

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.