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Bill An Act authorizing the appointment of special police officers in the city of Springfield By Mr. Puppolo of Springfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4478) of Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr., and others (with the approval of the mayor and city council) that the city of Springfield be authorized to use retired police officers of said city as special police officers for the purpose of performing certain police duties. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.] us/states/ma Massachusetts General Court 190th H 4478 Massachusetts H 4478 (190th)
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Massachusetts H 4478 (190th) — An Act authorizing the appointment of special police officers in the city of Springfield

By Mr. Puppolo of Springfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4478) of Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr., and others (with the approval of the mayor and city council) that the city of Springfield be authorized to use retired police officers of said city as special police officers for the purpose of performing certain police duties. Public Service. [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

  • Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr. — primary (person)
  • Brian M. Ashe — cosponsor (person)
  • Carlos González — cosponsor (person)
  • José F. Tosado — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2018-05-07 Referred to the committee on Public Service referral-committee
  • 2018-05-09 Senate Concurred
  • 2018-05-21 Hearing scheduled for 05/23/2018 from 11:00 AM-12:00 PM in B-1
  • 2018-05-30 Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2018-05-31 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
  • 2018-05-31 Rules suspended
  • 2018-05-31 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
  • 2018-06-11 Read third and passed to be engrossed reading-3
  • 2018-06-14 Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
  • 2018-06-28 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
  • 2018-06-28 Rules suspended
  • 2018-06-28 Read third and passed to be engrossed reading-3
  • 2018-07-02 Enacted passage
  • 2018-07-02 Enacted and laid before the Governor passage
  • 2018-07-12 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 133 of the Acts of 2018 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cefc9368-1aff-4a0f-b9e7-c4abe7c1fc8e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).