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An Act authorizing the appointment of retired police officers to perform police details in the town of Plainville

Filed by Rebecca L. Rausch  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 34 of the Acts of 2026.

S1898  ·  Bill  ·  docket SD2166

17 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-02-27SenateReferred to the committee on Public Service
2025-02-27HouseHouse concurred
2025-05-08JointHearing scheduled for 05/12/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1
2025-05-29JointHearing scheduled for 06/04/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2
2025-05-29JointHearing rescheduled to 06/04/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1
2025-11-06SenateBill reported favorably by committee and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2025-11-19SenateRead second and ordered to a third reading
2025-12-31SenateTaken out of the Orders of the Day
2025-12-31SenateRead third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed
2026-01-05HouseRead; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2026-01-29HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2026-01-29HouseRules suspended
2026-01-29HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-02-25HouseRead third and passed to be engrossed
2026-02-26HouseEnacted
2026-02-26SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2026-03-09ExecutiveSigned by the , Chapter of the Acts of 2026

1 of these was struck from the record by the clerk and shown ruled through, because a struck line is part of what the record says happened.

1 committee vote

Public Service (J)  ·  2025-10-28 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 hearings

House Rule 27 counts its reporting deadline from the day a bill is heard.

DateCommitteeWhereStatus
2025-05-12Public Service (J)A-1, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted
2025-06-04Public Service (J)A-1, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorablePublic Service (J)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (S)
Place in ODSteering, Policy and Scheduling (H)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (H)

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.