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Bill An Act authorizing the town of Blackstone to continue the employment of fire chief Michael Sweeney By Mr. Fattman, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1517) of Ryan C. Fattman and Michael J. Soter (by vote of the town) for legislation to authorize the town of Blackstone to continue the employment of fire chief Michael Sweeney. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.] us/states/ma Massachusetts General Court 191st S 1517 Massachusetts S 1517 (191st)
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Massachusetts S 1517 (191st) — An Act authorizing the town of Blackstone to continue the employment of fire chief Michael Sweeney

By Mr. Fattman, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1517) of Ryan C. Fattman and Michael J. Soter (by vote of the town) for legislation to authorize the town of Blackstone to continue the employment of fire chief Michael Sweeney. 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

  • Ryan C. Fattman — primary (person)
  • Michael J. Soter — cosponsor (person)
  • Ryan C. Fattman — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-01-22 Referred to the committee on Public Service referral-committee
  • 2019-01-22 House concurred
  • 2019-04-02 Hearing scheduled for 04/09/2019 from 11:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-2
  • 2019-05-06 Bill reported favorably by committee and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-06-06 Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  • 2019-06-06 Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed reading-2, reading-3
  • 2019-06-06 Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling referral-committee
  • 2019-06-06 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
  • 2019-06-06 Rules suspended
  • 2019-06-06 Read second, ordered to a third reading, rules suspended, read third and passed to be engrossed reading-2, reading-3
  • 2019-06-06 Enacted passage
  • 2019-06-06 Enacted and laid before the Governor passage
  • 2019-06-12 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 20 of the Acts of 2019 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b66fd688-c2fe-4fa7-b951-7eb7e0e38ae9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).