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Bill An Act authorizing the city of Somerville to continue the employment of Charles J. Femino as acting chief of police By Ms. Jehlen, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2841) of Patricia D. Jehlen, Christine P. Barber, Mike Connolly and Erika Uyterhoeven (with approval of the mayor and city council) for legislation to authorize the city of Somerville to continue the employment of Charles J. Femino as acting chief of police. Public Service. [Local approval received] us/states/ma Massachusetts General Court 192nd S 2841 Massachusetts S 2841 (192nd)
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Massachusetts S 2841 (192nd) — An Act authorizing the city of Somerville to continue the employment of Charles J. Femino as acting chief of police

By Ms. Jehlen, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2841) of Patricia D. Jehlen, Christine P. Barber, Mike Connolly and Erika Uyterhoeven (with approval of the mayor and city council) for legislation to authorize the city of Somerville to continue the employment of Charles J. Femino as acting chief of police. 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

  • 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.

  • 2022-04-21 Referred to the committee on Public Service referral-committee
  • 2022-04-21 House concurred
  • 2022-05-02 Hearing scheduled for 05/05/2022 from 09:00 AM-05:00 PM in Written Testimony Only
  • 2022-05-23 Bill reported favorably by committee and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session committee-passage-favorable
  • 2022-05-26 Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  • 2022-05-26 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
  • 2022-06-09 Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  • 2022-06-09 Read third and passed to be engrossed reading-3
  • 2022-06-13 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
  • 2022-06-15 Rules suspended
  • 2022-06-15 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
  • 2022-06-27 Read third and passed to be engrossed reading-3
  • 2022-06-27 Enacted passage
  • 2022-06-27 Enacted and laid before the Governor passage
  • 2022-07-01 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 99 of the Acts of 2022 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ff7286e3-4cb0-4cd0-b55a-561afcac7e4e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).