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Bill An Act authorizing the appointment of retired police officers in the town of Avon to serve as special police officers By Mr. Galvin of Canton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3823) of William C. Galvin and Walter F. Timilty (by vote of the town) that the town of Avon be authorized to appoint retired police officers to serve as special police officers. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.] us/states/ma Massachusetts General Court 191st H 3823 Massachusetts H 3823 (191st)
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Massachusetts H 3823 (191st) — An Act authorizing the appointment of retired police officers in the town of Avon to serve as special police officers

By Mr. Galvin of Canton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3823) of William C. Galvin and Walter F. Timilty (by vote of the town) that the town of Avon be authorized to appoint retired police officers to serve as special police officers. 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

  • William C. Galvin — primary (person)
  • Walter F. Timilty — cosponsor (person)
  • William C. Galvin — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-05-29 Referred to the committee on Public Service referral-committee
  • 2019-06-03 Senate concurred
  • 2019-06-14 Hearing scheduled for 06/25/2019 from 01:00 PM-03:00 PM in A-2
  • 2019-07-15 Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
  • 2019-07-16 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
  • 2019-07-16 Rules suspended
  • 2019-07-16 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
  • 2019-07-25 Read third and passed to be engrossed reading-3
  • 2019-07-29 Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
  • 2019-08-08 Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  • 2019-08-08 Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed reading-2, reading-3
  • 2019-08-12 Enacted passage
  • 2019-08-12 Enacted and laid before the Governor passage
  • 2019-08-14 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 63 of the Acts of 2019 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b52c9578-b640-472b-8adf-2037c599efd6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).