republic-os/legislation/us/states/ma/193rd/h-4141.md

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Bill	An Act authorizing the appointment of special police officers in the city of Waltham to allow said special police officers to serve until the age of 70	By Representatives Stanley of Waltham and Lawn of Watertown, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4141) of Thomas M. Stanley, John J. Lawn, Jr., and Michael J. Barrett (with the approval of the mayor and city council) that the city of Waltham be authorized to appoint special police officers to serve until the age of 70. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.]	us/states/ma	Massachusetts General Court	193rd	H 4141	Massachusetts H 4141 (193rd)	bill		enacted		1	15	0	2023-10-19	2024-08-13	openstates	ocd-bill/28ddada0-8cb2-41fe-90f0-40011ecacb81	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/H4141	31ca7d7659913ab888615ed1a8ed2f51ed689b31acf011c1d4047340b6b228e4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ma

Massachusetts H 4141 (193rd) — An Act authorizing the appointment of special police officers in the city of Waltham to allow said special police officers to serve until the age of 70

By Representatives Stanley of Waltham and Lawn of Watertown, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4141) of Thomas M. Stanley, John J. Lawn, Jr., and Michael J. Barrett (with the approval of the mayor and city council) that the city of Waltham be authorized to appoint special police officers to serve until the age of 70. 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)
• Michael J. Barrett — cosponsor (person)
• Thomas M. Stanley — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-10-19 Referred to the committee on Public Service referral-committee
• 2023-10-23 Senate concurred
• 2023-10-23 Hearing scheduled for 10/31/2023 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-2
• 2024-03-06 Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-03-14 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
• 2024-03-14 Rules suspended
• 2024-03-14 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
• 2024-03-21 Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed passage, reading-3
• 2024-03-25 Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
• 2024-04-11 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
• 2024-08-08 Taken out of the Orders of the Day
• 2024-08-08 Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed passage, reading-3
• 2024-08-12 Enacted passage
• 2024-08-12 Enacted and laid before the Governor passage
• 2024-08-13 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 180 of the Acts of 2024 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/28ddada0-8cb2-41fe-90f0-40011ecacb81. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).