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Bill	An Act relative to the appointment of retired police officers in the town of Essex	SENATE, Monday, January 29, 2018 -- The committee on Public Service, to whom was referred the petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2077) of Bruce E. Tarr and Ann-Margaret Ferrante (by vote of the town) for legislation relative to the appointment of retired police officers in the town of Essex,- reports the accompanying bill (Senate, No. 2271).	us/states/ma	Massachusetts General Court	190th	S 2271	Massachusetts S 2271 (190th)	bill		enacted	Joint Committee on Public Service	1	16	0	2018-01-29	2018-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/3ad66d0e-54fe-44e7-b814-c49af45b3023	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/S2271	0c00f4bbeb5fbe400a94e8cf9c4df1f70fa5a126d0a0736eea93ff82a6289070	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ma

Massachusetts S 2271 (190th) — An Act relative to the appointment of retired police officers in the town of Essex

SENATE, Monday, January 29, 2018 -- The committee on Public Service, to whom was referred the petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2077) of Bruce E. Tarr and Ann-Margaret Ferrante (by vote of the town) for legislation relative to the appointment of retired police officers in the town of Essex,- reports the accompanying bill (Senate, No. 2271).

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• Joint Committee on Public Service — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-29 Reported from the committee on Public Service
• 2018-01-29 New draft of S2077
• 2018-01-29 Bill reported favorably by committee and and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-02-08 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
• 2018-02-20 Taken out of the Orders of the Day
• 2018-02-20 Read third and passed to be engrossed reading-3
• 2018-02-22 Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling referral-committee
• 2018-04-02 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading
• 2018-04-30 Rules suspended
• 2018-04-30 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
• 2018-09-10 Read third, amended and passed to be engrossed reading-3
• 2018-09-17 Rules suspended
• 2018-09-17 Senate concurred in the House amendment
• 2018-09-20 Enacted passage
• 2018-09-20 Enacted and laid before the Governor passage
• 2018-09-27 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 252 of the Acts of 2018 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3ad66d0e-54fe-44e7-b814-c49af45b3023. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).