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An Act relative to the appointment of the police chief in the city of Fall River

Filed by Carole A. Fiola  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 10 of the Acts of 2026.

H4214  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD4765

15 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-06-09HouseReferred to the committee on Public Service
2025-06-12SenateSenate concurred
2025-09-05JointHearing scheduled for 09/17/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-2
2025-09-17JointHearing rescheduled to 09/17/2025 from 01:00 PM-02:00 PM in B-2 and Virtual. Hearing updated to New End Time
2025-11-19HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2025-11-24HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2025-11-24HouseRules suspended
2025-11-24HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2025-12-18HouseRead third and passed to be engrossed
2025-12-22SenateRead, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading
2026-01-15SenateTaken out of the Orders of the Day
2026-01-15SenateRead third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed
2026-01-20HouseEnacted
2026-01-20SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2026-01-29ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 10 of the Acts of 2026

1 committee vote

Public Service (J)  ·  2025-11-14 13:07  ·  Joint Committee on Public Service

favorable · 9

no action · 2

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
2025-09-17Public Service (J)B-2, 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.