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H4702Introduced in the House

Exempting the positions of police lieutenant and police sergeant in the city of Leominster from the civil service law

Passed

Introduced by Natalie Higgins, District 04-WOR

What does this bill do?

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Official description

By Representative Higgins of Leominster and Senator Cronin, a joint petition of Natalie M. Higgins and John J. Cronin (with the approval of the mayor and city council) that the positions of police lieutenant and police sergeant in the city of Leominster be exempt from the civil service law. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.]

Where it stands

Signed by the Governor, Chapter 156 of the Acts of 2026

July 31, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

No recorded vote is available for this bill yet.

Bill history

  1. Referred to the Joint Committee on Public Service

  2. Senate concurred

  3. Hearing scheduled for 11/20/2025 from 05:00 PM-05:00 PM in Written Testimony Only

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

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

  6. Rules suspended

  7. Read second and ordered to a third reading

  8. Read third and passed to be engrossed

  9. Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session

  10. Read second and ordered to a third reading

  11. Taken out of the Orders of the Day

  12. Read third and passed to be engrossed

  13. Enacted

  14. Enacted and laid before the Governor

  15. Signed by the Governor, Chapter 156 of the Acts of 2026

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