republic-os/legislation/us/states/ma/193rd/s-2746.md

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Bill	An Act exempting the position of police chief in the town of Barnstable from the civil service law	By Mr. Cyr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2746) of Julian Cyr, Kip A. Diggs and Steven George Xiarhos (by vote of the town) for legislation to exempt the position of police chief in the town of Barnstable from the civil service law. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.]	us/states/ma	Massachusetts General Court	193rd	S 2746	Massachusetts S 2746 (193rd)	bill		enacted	Julian Cyr	1	15	0	2024-04-25	2024-10-31	openstates	ocd-bill/2375c4cf-8d3d-482b-9576-7dc104dc4a8d	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/S2746	0beb23ad6c6529cab11601c3ea1207702809715d299227665df520d857cca5f7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ma

Massachusetts S 2746 (193rd) — An Act exempting the position of police chief in the town of Barnstable from the civil service law

By Mr. Cyr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2746) of Julian Cyr, Kip A. Diggs and Steven George Xiarhos (by vote of the town) for legislation to exempt the position of police chief in the town of Barnstable from 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

• Julian Cyr — primary (person)
• Kip A. Diggs — cosponsor (person)
• Steven George Xiarhos — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-04-25 Referred to the committee on Public Service referral-committee
• 2024-04-29 House concurred
• 2024-05-10 Hearing scheduled for 05/14/2024 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-2
• 2024-06-06 Bill reported favorably by committee and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-06-20 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
• 2024-08-20 Taken out of the Orders of the Day
• 2024-08-20 Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed passage, reading-3
• 2024-08-22 Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling referral-committee
• 2024-09-19 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
• 2024-09-19 Rules suspended
• 2024-09-19 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
• 2024-10-17 Read third and passed to be engrossed passage, reading-3
• 2024-10-21 Enacted passage
• 2024-10-23 Enacted and laid before the Governor passage
• 2024-10-31 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 227 of the Acts of 2024 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2375c4cf-8d3d-482b-9576-7dc104dc4a8d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).