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Bill An Act authorizing the town of Falmouth to continue the employment of police chief Edward Dunne By Mr. Vieira of Falmouth, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4548) of David T. Vieira, Viriato M. deMacedo and Dylan Fernandes (by vote of the town) that the town of Falmouth be authorized to continue the employment of police chief Edward Dunne. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.] us/states/ma Massachusetts General Court 190th H 4548 Massachusetts H 4548 (190th)
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Massachusetts H 4548 (190th) — An Act authorizing the town of Falmouth to continue the employment of police chief Edward Dunne

By Mr. Vieira of Falmouth, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4548) of David T. Vieira, Viriato M. deMacedo and Dylan Fernandes (by vote of the town) that the town of Falmouth be authorized to continue the employment of police chief Edward Dunne. 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

  • David T. Vieira — primary (person)
  • Dylan Fernandes — cosponsor (person)
  • Viriato M. deMacedo — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2018-05-30 Referred to the committee on Public Service referral-committee
  • 2018-05-31 Senate concurred
  • 2018-06-08 Hearing scheduled for 06/13/2018 from 11:00 AM-12:00 PM in A-1
  • 2018-06-27 Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2018-07-02 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
  • 2018-07-02 Rules suspended
  • 2018-07-02 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
  • 2018-09-10 Read third and passed to be engrossed reading-3
  • 2018-09-13 Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2, reading-1
  • 2018-09-24 Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  • 2018-09-24 Read third and passed to be engrossed reading-3
  • 2018-09-27 Enacted passage
  • 2018-09-27 Enacted and laid before the Governor passage
  • 2018-10-05 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 259 of the Acts of 2018 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f8f309c1-ab81-4714-9ec3-1d3666e75579. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).