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An Act exempting the positions of police lieutenant and police sergeant in the city of Leominster from the civil service law

Filed by Natalie M. Higgins  ·  1 cosponsor  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 156 of the Acts of 2026.

H4702  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD5294

15 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-11-03HouseReferred to the committee on Public Service
2025-11-06SenateSenate concurred
2025-11-20JointHearing scheduled for 11/20/2025 from 05:00 PM-05:00 PM in Written Testimony Only
2026-01-29HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2026-02-17HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2026-02-17HouseRules suspended
2026-02-17HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-04-13HouseRead third and passed to be engrossed
2026-04-16SenateRead; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2026-06-11SenateRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-07-20SenateTaken out of the Orders of the Day
2026-07-20SenateRead third and passed to be engrossed
2026-07-22HouseEnacted
2026-07-22SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2026-07-31ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 156 of the Acts of 2026

1 committee vote

Public Service (J)  ·  2026-01-09 15:39  ·  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)

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.