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Bill An Act authorizing the city known as the town of Braintree to continue the employment of Paul J. Shastany as chief of police By Mr. Keenan, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2068) of John F. Keenan and Mark J. Cusack (with approval of the mayor and city council) for legislation to authorize the city known as the Town of Braintree to continue the employment of Paul J. Shastany as chief of police. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.] us/states/ma Massachusetts General Court 190th S 2068 Massachusetts S 2068 (190th)
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Massachusetts S 2068 (190th) — An Act authorizing the city known as the town of Braintree to continue the employment of Paul J. Shastany as chief of police

By Mr. Keenan, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2068) of John F. Keenan and Mark J. Cusack (with approval of the mayor and city council) for legislation to authorize the city known as the Town of Braintree to continue the employment of Paul J. Shastany as chief of police. 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

  • John F. Keenan — primary (person)
  • Mark J. Cusack — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2017-05-18 Referred to the committee on Public Service referral-committee
  • 2017-05-22 House concurred
  • 2017-05-23 Hearing scheduled for 05/31/2017 from 11:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-2
  • 2017-05-26 Hearing rescheduled to 05/31/2017 from 11:00 AM-01:00 PM in B-2
  • 2017-06-22 Bill reported favorably by committee and place in the Orders of the Day for the next session committee-passage-favorable
  • 2017-06-29 Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  • 2017-06-29 Read second, amended (Keenan), ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed reading-2, reading-3
  • 2017-06-30 Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling referral-committee
  • 2017-07-06 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
  • 2017-07-06 Rules suspended
  • 2017-07-06 Read second, ordered to a third reading, rules suspended, read third and passed to be engrossed reading-2, reading-3
  • 2017-07-06 Enacted passage
  • 2017-07-06 Enacted and laid before the Governor passage
  • 2017-07-14 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 42 of the Acts of 2017 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bffad896-752e-4104-b296-a20d8747dcf1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).