republic-os/legislation/us/states/ma/192nd/s-1596.md

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Bill	An Act authorizing the city of Somerville to repeal the provisions of Chapter 327 of the Acts of 2004 - An Act relative to public safety in the city of Somerville	By Ms. Jehlen, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1596) of Patricia D. Jehlen, Mike Connolly, Christine P. Barber and Erika Uyterhoeven (with approval of the mayor and city council) for legislation to authorize the city of Somerville to repeal the provisions of chapter 327 of the Acts of 2004 relative to public safety in the city of Somerville. Public Safety and Homeland Security. [Local approval received]	us/states/ma	Massachusetts General Court	192nd	S 1596	Massachusetts S 1596 (192nd)	bill		enacted	Patricia D. Jehlen	1	14	0	2021-03-29	2022-10-17	openstates	ocd-bill/c5541688-2dce-41b4-b70e-6fe52624c459	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S1596	68f46cc3deb5ef65b37c56ef28e15fc67d13acf5a3d02043a8ba106da6c4e039	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ma

Massachusetts S 1596 (192nd) — An Act authorizing the city of Somerville to repeal the provisions of Chapter 327 of the Acts of 2004 - An Act relative to public safety in the city of Somerville

By Ms. Jehlen, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1596) of Patricia D. Jehlen, Mike Connolly, Christine P. Barber and Erika Uyterhoeven (with approval of the mayor and city council) for legislation to authorize the city of Somerville to repeal the provisions of chapter 327 of the Acts of 2004 relative to public safety in the city of Somerville. Public Safety and Homeland Security. [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

• Patricia D. Jehlen — primary (person)
• Christine P. Barber — cosponsor (person)
• Erika Uyterhoeven — cosponsor (person)
• Mike Connolly — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-03-29 Referred to the committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security referral-committee
• 2021-03-29 House concurred
• 2021-07-15 Hearing scheduled for 07/21/2021 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in Virtual Hearing
• 2022-03-17 Bill reported favorably by committee and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-31 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
• 2022-05-09 Taken out of the Orders of the Day
• 2022-05-09 Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed reading-3
• 2022-05-12 Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling referral-committee
• 2022-06-15 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading
• 2022-06-28 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
• 2022-10-11 Read third and passed to be engrossed reading-3
• 2022-10-13 Enacted passage
• 2022-10-13 Enacted and laid before the Governor passage
• 2022-10-17 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 236 of the Acts of 2022 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c5541688-2dce-41b4-b70e-6fe52624c459. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).