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Bill An Act exempting all positions in the Police Department of the town of Rockport from the civil service law By Mr. Tarr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2360) of Bruce E. Tarr and Ann-Margaret Ferrante (by vote of the town) for legislation to exempt all positions in the Police Department of the town of Rockport from the civil service law. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.] us/states/ma Massachusetts General Court 191st S 2360 Massachusetts S 2360 (191st)
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Massachusetts S 2360 (191st) — An Act exempting all positions in the Police Department of the town of Rockport from the civil service law

By Mr. Tarr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2360) of Bruce E. Tarr and Ann-Margaret Ferrante (by vote of the town) for legislation to exempt all positions in the Police Department of the town of Rockport 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

  • Bruce E. Tarr — primary (person)
  • Ann-Margaret Ferrante — cosponsor (person)
  • Bruce E. Tarr — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-10-03 Referred to the committee on Public Service referral-committee
  • 2019-10-07 House concurred
  • 2019-10-11 Hearing scheduled for 10/21/2019 from 01:00 PM-04:00 PM in A-1
  • 2020-01-06 Bill reported favorably by committee and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session committee-passage-favorable
  • 2020-01-16 Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  • 2020-01-16 Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed reading-2, reading-3
  • 2020-01-21 Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling referral-committee
  • 2020-02-24 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading
  • 2020-02-27 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
  • 2020-03-05 Read third and passed to be engrossed reading-3
  • 2020-03-09 Enacted passage
  • 2020-03-09 Enacted and laid before the Governor passage
  • 2020-03-18 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 41 of the Acts of 2020 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e93c735c-d706-4b5f-9590-7b38e0f915ce. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).