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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act authorizing the town of Rochester to continue the employment of fire chief Scott Weigel"
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description: "By Representative Sylvia of Fairhaven and Senator Rodrigues, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4235) of Mark D. Sylvia and Michael J. Rodrigues (by vote of the town) that the town of Rochester be authorized to continue the employment of Scott Weigel as fire chief in 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: "194th"
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identifier: "H 4235"
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citation: "Massachusetts H 4235 (194th)"
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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: 15
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2025-06-23"
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last_action: "2026-02-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c75b426-ccb3-4623-9824-90fba1b7ad29"
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source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4235"
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source_hash: "a19be42de3a72f461709722b8d4df065723e287bb1a99ce4f4ae1ca80fc77d68"
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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 4235 (194th) — An Act authorizing the town of Rochester to continue the employment of fire chief Scott Weigel
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By Representative Sylvia of Fairhaven and Senator Rodrigues, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4235) of Mark D. Sylvia and Michael J. Rodrigues (by vote of the town) that the town of Rochester be authorized to continue the employment of Scott Weigel as fire chief in 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/194/H4235.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- Mark D. Sylvia — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael J. Rodrigues — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-06-23** Referred to the committee on Public Service `referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-26** Senate concurred
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- **2025-09-03** Hearing scheduled for 09/10/2025 from 1:00 PM-4:00 PM in A-1
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- **2025-09-10** Hearing rescheduled to 09/10/2025 from 01:00 PM-01:30 PM in A-1 and Virtual Hearing updated to New End Time
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- **2025-12-29** 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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- **2026-01-08** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
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- **2026-01-08** Rules suspended
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- **2026-01-08** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-02** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-05** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
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- **2026-02-09** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
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- **2026-02-09** Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-11** Enacted `passage`
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- **2026-02-12** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
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- **2026-02-18** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 25 of the Acts of 2026 `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/1c75b426-ccb3-4623-9824-90fba1b7ad29`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
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