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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act exempting all positions in the police department of the town of Williamstown from the civil service law"
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description: "By Mr. Hinds, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2579) of Adam G. Hinds and John Barrett (by vote of the town) for legislation to exempt all positions in the police department of the town of Williamstown from the civil service law. 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: "S 2579"
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citation: "Massachusetts S 2579 (190th)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Adam G. Hinds"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2018-06-28"
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last_action: "2018-09-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/abe8afe5-384b-456d-8bd2-dd577386aa48"
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source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/S2579"
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source_hash: "82630d3008e5c120b96bec59c823279758994fd55c9bb6799c171e10f850e71a"
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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 S 2579 (190th) — An Act exempting all positions in the police department of the town of Williamstown from the civil service law
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By Mr. Hinds, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2579) of Adam G. Hinds and John Barrett (by vote of the town) for legislation to exempt all positions in the police department of the town of Williamstown from the civil service law. 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/S2579.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- Adam G. Hinds — primary (person)
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- John Barrett — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-06-28** Referred to the committee on Public Service `referral-committee`
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- **2018-07-02** House concurred
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- **2018-07-06** Hearing scheduled for 07/10/2018 from 11:00 AM-01:00 PM in 437
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- **2018-07-30** Bill reported favorably by committee and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-08-27** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
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- **2018-08-27** Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed `reading-2, reading-3`
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- **2018-08-30** Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `referral-committee`
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- **2018-09-04** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
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- **2018-09-04** Rules suspended
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- **2018-09-04** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
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- **2018-09-17** Read third and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
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- **2018-09-20** Enacted `passage`
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- **2018-09-20** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
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- **2018-09-27** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 250 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/abe8afe5-384b-456d-8bd2-dd577386aa48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
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