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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act authorizing the City known as the Town of Watertown to pay the funeral and burial expenses of firefighter Joseph Toscano"
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description: "By Messrs. Hecht of Watertown and Lawn of Watertown, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3689) of Jonathan Hecht, John J. Lawn, Jr., and William N. Brownsberger (with the approval of the town council) that the city known as the town of Watertown be authorized to pay certain funeral and burial expenses of Joseph Toscano. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
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legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
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session: "190th"
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identifier: "H 3689"
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citation: "Massachusetts H 3689 (190th)"
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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: "2017-05-10"
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last_action: "2017-07-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/573fbd10-d6ee-4c24-a266-85e3ebadea90"
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source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H3689"
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source_hash: "c5d0458fc06540e3e4cf395836c8ede9a577c9cbe31d21b234c2f5f7b90388cf"
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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 3689 (190th) — An Act authorizing the City known as the Town of Watertown to pay the funeral and burial expenses of firefighter Joseph Toscano
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By Messrs. Hecht of Watertown and Lawn of Watertown, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3689) of Jonathan Hecht, John J. Lawn, Jr., and William N. Brownsberger (with the approval of the town council) that the city known as the town of Watertown be authorized to pay certain funeral and burial expenses of Joseph Toscano. Municipalities and Regional Government. [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/190/H3689.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- John J. Lawn, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Jonathan Hecht — cosponsor (person)
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- William N. Brownsberger — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-05-10** Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government `referral-committee`
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- **2017-05-11** Senate concurred
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- **2017-05-19** Hearing scheduled for 05/30/2017 from 01:00 PM-03:00 PM in B-1
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- **2017-06-01** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-06-01** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
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- **2017-06-01** Rules suspended
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- **2017-06-01** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
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- **2017-06-15** Read third and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
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- **2017-06-19** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
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- **2017-06-29** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
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- **2017-06-29** Rules suspended
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- **2017-06-29** Read third and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
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- **2017-06-29** Enacted `passage`
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- **2017-06-29** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
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- **2017-07-07** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 32 of the Acts of 2017 `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/573fbd10-d6ee-4c24-a266-85e3ebadea90`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
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