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Bill An Act further regulating the appointment of special police officers in the city of Watertown By Representatives Owens of Watertown and Lawn of Watertown, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2622) of Steven Owens, John J. Lawn, Jr., and William N. Brownsberger (with the approval of the city council) relative to further regulating the appointment of special police officers in the city of Watertown. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.] us/states/ma Massachusetts General Court 193rd H 2622 Massachusetts H 2622 (193rd)
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Massachusetts H 2622 (193rd) — An Act further regulating the appointment of special police officers in the city of Watertown

By Representatives Owens of Watertown and Lawn of Watertown, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2622) of Steven Owens, John J. Lawn, Jr., and William N. Brownsberger (with the approval of the city council) relative to further regulating the appointment of special police officers in the city of Watertown. 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. Lawn, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
  • Steven Owens — cosponsor (person)
  • William N. Brownsberger — 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
  • 2023-03-17 Hearing scheduled for 03/21/2023 from 09:00 AM-05:00 PM in Written Testimony Only
  • 2023-03-23 Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
  • 2023-03-27 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
  • 2023-03-27 Rules suspended
  • 2023-03-27 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
  • 2023-04-03 Read third and passed to be engrossed passage, reading-3
  • 2023-04-06 Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
  • 2023-04-13 Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  • 2023-04-13 Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed passage, reading-2, reading-3
  • 2023-04-13 Enacted passage
  • 2023-04-18 Enacted and laid before the Governor passage
  • 2023-04-24 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 5 of the Acts of 2023 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ff4e7572-aed1-4861-ac83-0744cb6772b9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).