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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act allowing the town of Wakefield to employ retired police officers as special police officers"
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description: "By Mrs. Lipper-Garabedian of Melrose, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2714) of Kate Lipper-Garabedian and Donald H. Wong (by vote of the town) relative to authorizing the town of Wakefield to employ retired police officers as special police officers. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.]"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
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legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
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session: "192nd"
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identifier: "H 2714"
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citation: "Massachusetts H 2714 (192nd)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Kate Lipper-Garabedian"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2021-03-29"
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last_action: "2021-08-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0daee36-ae7a-49c0-a668-90bd3a572de5"
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source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H2714"
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source_hash: "5b0a07624baf4996b7a26cb2454eaea4deab13e87c7d7e6186e504f2f0546adb"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
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---
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# Massachusetts H 2714 (192nd) — An Act allowing the town of Wakefield to employ retired police officers as special police officers
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By Mrs. Lipper-Garabedian of Melrose, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2714) of Kate Lipper-Garabedian and Donald H. Wong (by vote of the town) relative to authorizing the town of Wakefield to employ retired police officers as special police officers. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.]
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H2714.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- Kate Lipper-Garabedian — primary (person)
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- Donald H. Wong — cosponsor (person)
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- Jason M. Lewis — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-03-29** Referred to the committee on Public Service `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-29** Senate concurred
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- **2021-05-07** Hearing scheduled for 05/19/2021 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in Virtual Hearing
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- **2021-06-01** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-09** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
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- **2021-06-09** Rules suspended
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- **2021-06-09** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
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- **2021-07-08** Read third and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
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- **2021-07-12** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
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- **2021-08-12** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
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- **2021-08-12** Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `reading-2, reading-3`
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- **2021-08-16** Enacted `passage`
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- **2021-08-16** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
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- **2021-08-20** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 42 of the Acts of 2021 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b0daee36-ae7a-49c0-a668-90bd3a572de5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
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