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An Act relative to the appointment of retired police officers as special police officers in the town of Fairhaven

Filed by Mark D. Sylvia  ·  1 cosponsor  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 90 of the Acts of 2026.

H4234  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD4824

20 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-06-23HouseReferred to the committee on Public Service
2025-06-26SenateSenate concurred
2025-07-07JointHearing scheduled for 07/16/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2
2025-10-22HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2025-10-30HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2025-10-30HouseRules suspended
2025-10-30HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2025-11-20HouseRead third, amended and passed to be engrossed
2025-11-24SenateRead; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2026-01-29SenateRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-04-23SenateTaken out of the Orders of the Day
2026-04-23SenateRead third (titled changed)
2026-04-23SenateAmended (Montigny) adopted
2026-04-23SenatePassed to be engrossed
2026-04-27HouseReferred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading
2026-05-20HouseRules suspended
2026-05-20HouseHouse concurred in the Senate amendment
2026-05-21HouseEnacted
2026-05-21SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2026-05-29ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 90 of the Acts of 2026

2 amendments filed

2 adopted

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
House 1Floor AmendmentThomas P. WalshAdopted
Senate 1Appointment of special police officersMark C. MontignyAdopted

1 committee vote

Public Service (J)  ·  2025-10-14 11:21  ·  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
2025-07-16Public Service (J)A-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)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (H)

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.