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Massachusetts 194th

H 5435

An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police chief Neal Hovey

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Measure details

Jurisdiction
Massachusetts
Session
194th
Chamber
lower
Classification
bill
Subjects
Not supplied
Introduced / first action
2026-05-18 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

By Representatives Kassner of Hamilton and Kerans of Danvers, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 5435) of Kristin E. Kassner, Sally P. Kerans and Bruce E. Tarr (by vote of the town) that the town of Topsfield be authorized to continue to employment of police chief Neal Hovey. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.]

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Actions

  1. House concurred in the Senate amendment

  2. Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading

    referral-committee

  3. Read third (title changed), amended and passed to be engrossed

    passage, reading-3

  4. Taken out of the Orders of the Day

  5. Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading

    reading-1, reading-2

  6. Read third and passed to be engrossed

    passage, reading-3

  7. Read second and ordered to a third reading

    reading-2

  8. Rules suspended

  9. Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting

  10. Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

    committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee

  11. Hearing rescheduled to 06/03/2026 from 11:00 AM-11:45 AM in B-2 Hearing updated to New End Time

  12. Hearing scheduled for 06/03/2026 from 11:00 AM-04:00 PM in B-2

  13. Senate concurred

  14. Referred to the committee on Public Service

    referral-committee

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