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Bill An Act exempting certain positions in the police department of the town of Plainville from the civil service law By Mr. Dooley of Norfolk, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4054) of Shawn Dooley and Rebecca L. Rausch (by vote of the town) that the town of Plainville be authorized to exempt certain positions in the police department of said town from the civil service law. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.] us/states/ma Massachusetts General Court 191st H 4054 Massachusetts H 4054 (191st)
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Massachusetts H 4054 (191st) — An Act exempting certain positions in the police department of the town of Plainville from the civil service law

By Mr. Dooley of Norfolk, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4054) of Shawn Dooley and Rebecca L. Rausch (by vote of the town) that the town of Plainville be authorized to exempt certain positions in the police department of said town from the 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

  • Shawn Dooley — primary (person)
  • Rebecca L. Rausch — cosponsor (person)
  • Shawn Dooley — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-08-29 Referred to the committee on Public Service referral-committee
  • 2019-09-03 Senate concurred
  • 2019-10-11 Hearing scheduled for 10/21/2019 from 01:00 PM-04:00 PM in A-1
  • 2019-11-07 Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
  • 2019-11-12 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
  • 2019-11-12 Rules suspended
  • 2019-11-12 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
  • 2019-12-05 Read third and passed to be engrossed reading-3
  • 2019-12-10 Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
  • 2020-01-30 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
  • 2020-04-16 Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  • 2020-04-16 Read third and passed to be engrossed reading-3
  • 2020-04-17 Enacted passage
  • 2020-04-17 Enacted and laid before the Governor passage
  • 2020-04-23 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 67 of the Acts of 2020 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2ef924d7-0644-4272-900c-a65056f958b3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).