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An Act continuing the employment of police chief Edward Walsh in the city of Taunton until attaining the age of 70

Filed by Kelly A. Dooner  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

S1825  ·  Bill  ·  docket SD2508

7 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-02-27SenateReferred to the committee on Public Service
2025-02-27HouseHouse concurred
2025-04-09JointHearing scheduled for 04/14/2025 from 01:00 PM-04:00 PM in A-1
2025-07-31SenateBill reported favorably by committee and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2025-10-14SenateTaken out of the Orders of the Day
2025-10-14SenateRead second
2025-10-14SenateNew draft (Dooner) substituted, see S2643

1 amendments filed

1 adopted

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
Senate 1An Act authorizing the city of Taunton to continue the employment of Edward J. Walsh as chief of police in the city of TauntonKelly A. DoonerAdopted

1 committee vote

Public Service (J)  ·  2025-07-29 17:00  ·  Ought to pass

favorable · 6

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
2025-04-14Public Service (J)A-1, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorablePublic Service (J)

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.