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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act authorizing the town of Warwick to continue the employment of David A. Shoemaker as police chief until a maximum age of 70"
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description: "By Representative Whipps of Athol and Senator Comerford, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4908) of Susannah M. Whipps and Joanne M. Comerford (by vote of the town) that the town of Warwick be authorized to continue the employment of David A. Shoemaker as police chief of said town notwithstanding the maximum age requirement. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.]"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
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legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
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session: "193rd"
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identifier: "H 4908"
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citation: "Massachusetts H 4908 (193rd)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2024-07-24"
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last_action: "2024-11-22"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8e661ed-6d4d-43f0-8a80-2e0de827e657"
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source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/H4908"
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source_hash: "d917df460487099695957960c3bd84c9da53c3e8ebe751c5dd2c135d1b8a972f"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
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---
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# Massachusetts H 4908 (193rd) — An Act authorizing the town of Warwick to continue the employment of David A. Shoemaker as police chief until a maximum age of 70
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By Representative Whipps of Athol and Senator Comerford, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4908) of Susannah M. Whipps and Joanne M. Comerford (by vote of the town) that the town of Warwick be authorized to continue the employment of David A. Shoemaker as police chief of said town notwithstanding the maximum age requirement. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.]
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/H4908.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- Joanne M. Comerford — cosponsor (person)
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- Susannah M. Whipps — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-07-24** Referred to the committee on Public Service `referral-committee`
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- **2024-07-25** Senate concurred
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- **2024-08-06** Hearing scheduled for 08/09/2024 from 09:00 AM-05:00 PM in Written Testimony Only
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- **2024-08-20** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2024-08-29** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
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- **2024-08-29** Rules suspended
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- **2024-08-29** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
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- **2024-09-23** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-09-26** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
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- **2024-11-12** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
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- **2024-11-12** Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
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- **2024-11-14** Enacted `passage`
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- **2024-11-14** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
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- **2024-11-22** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 243 of the Acts of 2024 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a8e661ed-6d4d-43f0-8a80-2e0de827e657`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
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