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Bill An Act extending residency requirements for members of the regular police or fire departments and fire alarm division of the city of Newton By Representative Schwartz of Newton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2335) of Greg Schwartz, John J. Lawn, Jr. and Amy Mah Sangiolo (with the approval of the mayor and city council) relative to residency requirements for members of the regular police or fire departments and fire alarm division of the city of Newton. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.] us/states/ma Massachusetts General Court 194th H 2335 Massachusetts H 2335 (194th)
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Massachusetts H 2335 (194th) — An Act extending residency requirements for members of the regular police or fire departments and fire alarm division of the city of Newton

By Representative Schwartz of Newton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2335) of Greg Schwartz, John J. Lawn, Jr. and Amy Mah Sangiolo (with the approval of the mayor and city council) relative to residency requirements for members of the regular police or fire departments and fire alarm division of the city of Newton. Municipalities and Regional Government. [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

  • Greg Schwartz — primary (person)
  • Amy Mah Sangiolo — cosponsor (person)
  • Cynthia Stone Creem — cosponsor (person)
  • John J. Lawn, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-02-27 Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government referral-committee
  • 2025-02-27 Senate concurred
  • 2025-05-05 Hearing scheduled for 05/13/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1
  • 2025-07-14 Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
  • 2025-07-28 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading
  • 2025-07-30 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
  • 2025-10-30 Read third and passed to be engrossed passage, reading-3
  • 2025-11-03 Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
  • 2025-11-13 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
  • 2025-11-24 Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  • 2025-11-24 Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed passage, reading-3
  • 2025-11-26 Enacted passage
  • 2025-11-26 Enacted and laid before the Governor passage
  • 2025-12-04 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 83 of the Acts of 2025 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5a55c541-2e7e-48ca-bf97-368966a68ba2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).