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Bill An Act exempting the position of police chief in the town of Lancaster from the provisions of the civil service law By Representative Kilcoyne of Clinton and Senator Cronin, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2571) of Meghan Kilcoyne and John J. Cronin (by vote of the town) that the town of Lancaster be authorized to exempt the position of police chief in said town from the provisions of the civil service law. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.] us/states/ma Massachusetts General Court 193rd H 2571 Massachusetts H 2571 (193rd)
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Massachusetts H 2571 (193rd) — An Act exempting the position of police chief in the town of Lancaster from the provisions of the civil service law

By Representative Kilcoyne of Clinton and Senator Cronin, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2571) of Meghan Kilcoyne and John J. Cronin (by vote of the town) that the town of Lancaster be authorized to exempt the position of police chief in said town from the provisions of 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

  • John J. Cronin — cosponsor (person)
  • Meghan K. Kilcoyne — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-02-16 Referred to the committee on Public Service referral-committee
  • 2023-02-16 Senate concurred
  • 2023-03-29 Hearing scheduled for 04/04/2023 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-1
  • 2023-05-22 Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
  • 2023-06-20 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
  • 2023-06-20 Rules suspended
  • 2023-06-20 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
  • 2023-07-13 Read third and passed to be engrossed passage, reading-3
  • 2023-07-17 Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
  • 2023-07-27 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
  • 2023-12-28 Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  • 2023-12-28 Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed passage, reading-3
  • 2024-01-02 Enacted passage
  • 2024-01-02 Enacted and laid before the Governor passage
  • 2024-01-08 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 88 of the Acts of 2023 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8d726d33-0ac7-4270-87a9-7e49d380dc96. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).