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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act authorizing the city of Beverly to employ Paul Cotter as Fire Chief beyond the statutory requirement age"
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description: "By Representative Parisella of Beverly and Senator Lovely, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4488) of Jerald A. Parisella and Joan B. Lovely (with the approval of the mayor and city council) that the city of Beverly be authorized to employ Paul Cotter as fire chief, 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: "190th"
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identifier: "H 4488"
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citation: "Massachusetts H 4488 (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: 16
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2018-05-10"
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last_action: "2018-09-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3b50417-42dd-411f-aab4-68bf217bce32"
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source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H4488"
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source_hash: "606a6bec3f670ff2ccb040c3ee660449cc83247ce28403dc299a4c01c2c7eb4b"
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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 4488 (190th) — An Act authorizing the city of Beverly to employ Paul Cotter as Fire Chief beyond the statutory requirement age
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By Representative Parisella of Beverly and Senator Lovely, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4488) of Jerald A. Parisella and Joan B. Lovely (with the approval of the mayor and city council) that the city of Beverly be authorized to employ Paul Cotter as fire chief, 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/190/H4488.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- Jerald A. Parisella — cosponsor (person)
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- Joan B. Lovely — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-05-10** Referred to the committee on Public Service `referral-committee`
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- **2018-05-14** Senate concurred
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- **2018-05-21** Hearing scheduled for 05/23/2018 from 11:00 AM-12:00 PM in B-1
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- **2018-05-30** 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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- **2018-05-31** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
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- **2018-05-31** Rules suspended
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- **2018-05-31** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
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- **2018-07-16** Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
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- **2018-07-17** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
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- **2018-07-25** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
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- **2018-09-20** Read third, amended and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
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- **2018-09-20** Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading `referral-committee`
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- **2018-09-20** House concurred in the Senate amendment
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- **2018-09-24** Enacted `passage`
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- **2018-09-24** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
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- **2018-09-27** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 251 of the Acts of 2018 `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/c3b50417-42dd-411f-aab4-68bf217bce32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
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