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Bill An Act relative to the appointment of retired police officers as special police officers in the town of Fairhaven By Representative Sylvia of Fairhaven and Senator Montigny, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4234) of Mark D. Sylvia and Mark C. Montigny (by vote of the town) that the town of Fairhaven be authorized to appoint retired police officers as special police officers in said town. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.] us/states/ma Massachusetts General Court 194th H 4234 Massachusetts H 4234 (194th)
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Massachusetts H 4234 (194th) — An Act relative to the appointment of retired police officers as special police officers in the town of Fairhaven

By Representative Sylvia of Fairhaven and Senator Montigny, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4234) of Mark D. Sylvia and Mark C. Montigny (by vote of the town) that the town of Fairhaven be authorized to appoint retired police officers as special police officers in said town. 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

  • Mark C. Montigny — cosponsor (person)
  • Mark D. Sylvia — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-06-23 Referred to the committee on Public Service referral-committee
  • 2025-06-26 Senate concurred
  • 2025-07-07 Hearing scheduled for 07/16/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2
  • 2025-10-22 Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
  • 2025-10-30 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
  • 2025-10-30 Rules suspended
  • 2025-10-30 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
  • 2025-11-20 Read third, amended and passed to be engrossed passage, reading-3
  • 2025-11-24 Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
  • 2026-01-29 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
  • 2026-04-23 Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  • 2026-04-23 Read third (titled changed) reading-3
  • 2026-04-23 Amended (Montigny) adopted amendment-passage
  • 2026-04-23 Passed to be engrossed passage
  • 2026-04-27 Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading referral-committee
  • 2026-05-20 Rules suspended
  • 2026-05-20 House concurred in the Senate amendment
  • 2026-05-21 Enacted passage
  • 2026-05-21 Enacted and laid before the Governor passage
  • 2026-05-29 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 90 of the Acts of 2026 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cd7c565c-c51e-40b2-8a24-219356125ef4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).