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Bill An Act providing that future members of the police department of the town of Adams shall be exempt from the provisions of the Commonwealth's civil service law By Mr. Hinds, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2154) of Adam G. Hinds and Tricia Farley-Bouvier (by vote of the town) for legislation to provide that future members of the police department of the town of Adams shall be exempt from the provisions of the Commonwealth's civil service law. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.] us/states/ma Massachusetts General Court 190th S 2154 Massachusetts S 2154 (190th)
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Massachusetts S 2154 (190th) — An Act providing that future members of the police department of the town of Adams shall be exempt from the provisions of the Commonwealth's civil service law

By Mr. Hinds, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2154) of Adam G. Hinds and Tricia Farley-Bouvier (by vote of the town) for legislation to provide that future members of the police department of the town of Adams shall be exempt from the provisions of the Commonwealth's civil service law. 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

  • Adam G. Hinds — primary (person)
  • Tricia Farley-Bouvier — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2017-08-14 Referred to the committee on Public Service referral-committee
  • 2017-08-17 House concurred
  • 2017-09-13 Hearing scheduled for 09/19/2017 from 01:00 PM-03:00 PM in 222
  • 2017-10-10 Bill reported favorably by committee and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session committee-passage-favorable
  • 2017-10-19 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
  • 2017-11-15 Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  • 2017-11-15 Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed reading-3
  • 2017-11-16 Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling referral-committee
  • 2017-12-07 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
  • 2017-12-07 Rules suspended
  • 2017-12-07 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
  • 2018-01-25 Read third and passed to be engrossed reading-3
  • 2018-01-29 Enacted passage
  • 2018-01-29 Enacted and laid before the Governor passage
  • 2018-02-08 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 15 of the Acts of 2018 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b85b95a1-7ab6-48a6-82e3-d693ecd4dd7e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).