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Bill An Act authorizing the City known as the Town of Watertown to pay the funeral and burial expenses of firefighter Joseph Toscano By Messrs. Hecht of Watertown and Lawn of Watertown, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3689) of Jonathan Hecht, John J. Lawn, Jr., and William N. Brownsberger (with the approval of the town council) that the city known as the town of Watertown be authorized to pay certain funeral and burial expenses of Joseph Toscano. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.] us/states/ma Massachusetts General Court 190th H 3689 Massachusetts H 3689 (190th)
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Massachusetts H 3689 (190th) — An Act authorizing the City known as the Town of Watertown to pay the funeral and burial expenses of firefighter Joseph Toscano

By Messrs. Hecht of Watertown and Lawn of Watertown, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3689) of Jonathan Hecht, John J. Lawn, Jr., and William N. Brownsberger (with the approval of the town council) that the city known as the town of Watertown be authorized to pay certain funeral and burial expenses of Joseph Toscano. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

  • John J. Lawn, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
  • Jonathan Hecht — cosponsor (person)
  • William N. Brownsberger — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2017-05-10 Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government referral-committee
  • 2017-05-11 Senate concurred
  • 2017-05-19 Hearing scheduled for 05/30/2017 from 01:00 PM-03:00 PM in B-1
  • 2017-06-01 Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2017-06-01 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
  • 2017-06-01 Rules suspended
  • 2017-06-01 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
  • 2017-06-15 Read third and passed to be engrossed reading-3
  • 2017-06-19 Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
  • 2017-06-29 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
  • 2017-06-29 Rules suspended
  • 2017-06-29 Read third and passed to be engrossed reading-3
  • 2017-06-29 Enacted passage
  • 2017-06-29 Enacted and laid before the Governor passage
  • 2017-07-07 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 32 of the Acts of 2017 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/573fbd10-d6ee-4c24-a266-85e3ebadea90. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).