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Bill An Act authorizing the town of Bourne to exempt the position of Chief of Police from civil service law By Mr. Vieira of Falmouth, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3864) of David T. Vieira, Susan L. Moran and Steven G. Xiarhos (by vote of the town) that the town of Bourne be authorized to exempt the position of chief of police from civil service law. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.] us/states/ma Massachusetts General Court 192nd H 3864 Massachusetts H 3864 (192nd)
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Massachusetts H 3864 (192nd) — An Act authorizing the town of Bourne to exempt the position of Chief of Police from civil service law

By Mr. Vieira of Falmouth, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3864) of David T. Vieira, Susan L. Moran and Steven G. Xiarhos (by vote of the town) that the town of Bourne be authorized to exempt the position of chief of police from 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

  • David T. Vieira — primary (person)
  • Steven G. Xiarhos — cosponsor (person)
  • Susan L. Moran — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-06-10 Referred to the committee on Public Service referral-committee
  • 2021-06-15 Senate concurred
  • 2021-09-21 Hearing scheduled for 09/28/2021 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in Virtual Hearing
  • 2022-03-21 Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
  • 2022-05-16 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
  • 2022-05-16 Rules suspended
  • 2022-05-16 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
  • 2022-05-25 Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed reading-3
  • 2022-05-26 Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
  • 2022-06-16 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
  • 2022-07-14 Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  • 2022-07-14 Read third and passed to be engrossed reading-3
  • 2022-07-18 Enacted passage
  • 2022-07-18 Enacted and laid before the Governor passage
  • 2022-07-25 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 116 of the Acts of 2022 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/40987a98-16e6-43f1-bf7b-c82ddeea0eea. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).