republic-os/legislation/us/states/ma/194th/s-1859.md

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Bill	An Act relative to the amendment of M.G.L. c.32, section 4(2)(b) and 4(2)(c), solely as they relate to the calculation of Walter L. Guertin's pension	By Mr. Feeney, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1859) of Paul R. Feeney (with approval of the mayor and city council) for legislation relative to the calculation of the pension of Walter L. Guertin. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.]	us/states/ma	Massachusetts General Court	194th	S 1859	Massachusetts S 1859 (194th)	bill		enacted	Paul R. Feeney	1	16	0	2025-02-27	2026-05-08	openstates	ocd-bill/3ef707bd-220c-4cdc-96db-7864366944cc	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S1859	53b56af9d8bbff633665bd1376faad9286e5df88dd54ccd76b1170794c38e2e3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ma

Massachusetts S 1859 (194th) — An Act relative to the amendment of M.G.L. c.32, section 4(2)(b) and 4(2)(c), solely as they relate to the calculation of Walter L. Guertin's pension

By Mr. Feeney, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1859) of Paul R. Feeney (with approval of the mayor and city council) for legislation relative to the calculation of the pension of Walter L. Guertin. 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

• Paul R. Feeney — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-27 Referred to the committee on Public Service referral-committee
• 2025-02-27 House concurred
• 2025-05-01 Hearing scheduled for 05/07/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1
• 2025-07-31 Bill reported favorably by committee and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-29 Taken out of the Orders of the Day
• 2025-09-29 Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed passage, reading-2, reading-3
• 2025-10-02 Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling referral-committee
• 2025-10-27 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
• 2025-10-27 Rules suspended
• 2025-10-27 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
• 2026-04-02 Read third, amended by substitution of a new text (H5331) and passed to be engrossed passage, reading-3
• 2026-04-27 Rules suspended
• 2026-04-27 Senate concurred in the House amendment
• 2026-04-28 Enacted passage
• 2026-04-30 Enacted and laid before the Governor passage
• 2026-05-08 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 73 of the Acts of 2026 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3ef707bd-220c-4cdc-96db-7864366944cc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).