republic-os/legislation/us/states/ma/193rd/h-4214.md

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Bill	An Act providing for the retirement of William R. Cushing Jr., a police officer in the city known as the town of Braintree	By Representative Cusack of Braintree and Senator Timilty, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4214) of Mark J. Cusack, Walter F. Timilty and John F. Keenan (by vote of the town) that the city known as the town of Braintree be authorized to provide for the retirement of William R. Cushing Jr., a police officer in said city. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.]	us/states/ma	Massachusetts General Court	193rd	H 4214	Massachusetts H 4214 (193rd)	bill		enacted		1	18	0	2023-12-14	2024-07-19	openstates	ocd-bill/d043e377-7530-41bd-a151-b360873af1ce	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/H4214	acf702da41f3b049a366f6966a46a04a2477ecddec1abb0aaaa9cdaa20c85e59	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ma

Massachusetts H 4214 (193rd) — An Act providing for the retirement of William R. Cushing Jr., a police officer in the city known as the town of Braintree

By Representative Cusack of Braintree and Senator Timilty, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4214) of Mark J. Cusack, Walter F. Timilty and John F. Keenan (by vote of the town) that the city known as the town of Braintree be authorized to provide for the retirement of William R. Cushing Jr., a police officer in said city. 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 F. Keenan — cosponsor (person)
• Mark J. Cusack — cosponsor (person)
• Walter F. Timilty — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-12-14 Referred to the committee on Public Service referral-committee
• 2023-12-18 Senate concurred
• 2024-01-11 Hearing scheduled for 01/16/2024 from 09:00 AM-05:00 PM in Written Testimony Only
• 2024-02-08 Reporting date extended to Sunday June 30, 2024, pending concurrence
• 2024-04-04 Senate concurred
• 2024-06-03 Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-06-13 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
• 2024-06-13 Rules suspended
• 2024-06-13 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
• 2024-06-27 Rules suspended
• 2024-06-27 Read third and passed to be engrossed passage, reading-3
• 2024-06-27 Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
• 2024-07-08 Taken out of the Orders of the Day
• 2024-07-08 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
• 2024-07-11 Read third and passed to be engrossed passage, reading-3
• 2024-07-17 Enacted passage
• 2024-07-18 Enacted and laid before the Governor passage
• 2024-07-19 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 133 of the Acts of 2024 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d043e377-7530-41bd-a151-b360873af1ce. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).