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An Act authorizing the appointment of retired police officers as special police officers in the town of Norwood

Reported by Joint Committee on Public Service  ·  1 cosponsor  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

H5289  ·  Bill

9 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2026-03-30HouseReported from the committee on Public Service
2026-03-30HouseNew draft of H4475
2026-03-30HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2026-04-09HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2026-04-09HouseRules suspended
2026-04-09HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-05-28HouseRead third and passed to be engrossed
2026-06-01SenateRead; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2026-06-18SenateRead second and ordered to a third reading

1 committee vote

Public Service (J)  ·  2026-03-18 15:53  ·  Favorable as Redrafted

favorable · 9

reserve right · 1

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.

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
RedraftPublic Service (J)
Place in ODSteering, Policy and Scheduling (H)
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.