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An Act regarding the appointment of Special Police Officers in the City of Malden

Filed by Steven Ultrino  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 68 of the Acts of 2026.

H4584  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD5202

16 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-10-02HouseReferred to the committee on Public Service
2025-10-06SenateSenate concurred
2025-11-20JointHearing scheduled for 11/20/2025 from 05:00 PM-05:00 PM in Written Testimony Only
2026-02-02HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2026-03-02HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2026-03-02HouseRules suspended
2026-03-02HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-03-18HouseRules suspended
2026-03-18HouseRead third, amended and passed to be engrossed
2026-03-19SenateRead; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2026-04-09SenateRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-04-21SenateTaken out of the Orders of the Day
2026-04-21SenateRead third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed
2026-04-23HouseEnacted
2026-04-23SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2026-04-29ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 68 of the Acts of 2026

1 amendments filed

1 adopted

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
House 1Floor AmendmentThomas P. WalshAdopted

1 committee vote

Public Service (J)  ·  2026-01-09 15:36  ·  Favorable Report

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
2025-11-20Public Service (J)Written Testimony Only, 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.