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69 lines
3.6 KiB
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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act exempting the positions of police chief and fire chief in the city of Greenfield from the civil service law"
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description: "By Representatives Whipps of Athol and Blais of Deerfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4072) of Susannah M. Whipps and Natalie M. Blais (with the approval of the mayor and city council) that the city of Greenfield be authorized to exempt the positions of police chief and fire chief in said town 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: "193rd"
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identifier: "H 4072"
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citation: "Massachusetts H 4072 (193rd)"
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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: 14
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2023-08-28"
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last_action: "2024-04-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/daa43c7f-104e-4127-b30e-b8faf8ca6046"
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source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/H4072"
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source_hash: "28be0d2b64659309c800718f07dc62d4e82259c7ff9588a965d38831e94a76ca"
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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 4072 (193rd) — An Act exempting the positions of police chief and fire chief in the city of Greenfield from the civil service law
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By Representatives Whipps of Athol and Blais of Deerfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4072) of Susannah M. Whipps and Natalie M. Blais (with the approval of the mayor and city council) that the city of Greenfield be authorized to exempt the positions of police chief and fire chief in said town 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/193/H4072.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- Joanne M. Comerford — cosponsor (person)
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- Natalie M. Blais — cosponsor (person)
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- Susannah M. Whipps — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-08-28** Referred to the committee on Public Service `referral-committee`
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- **2023-08-31** Senate concurred
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- **2023-09-26** Hearing scheduled for 10/03/2023 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in B-1
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- **2024-02-28** 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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- **2024-02-29** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
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- **2024-02-29** Rules suspended
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- **2024-02-29** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
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- **2024-03-11** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-03-14** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
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- **2024-03-25** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
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- **2024-03-25** Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
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- **2024-03-28** Enacted `passage`
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- **2024-03-28** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
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- **2024-04-04** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 69 of the Acts of 2024 `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/daa43c7f-104e-4127-b30e-b8faf8ca6046`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
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