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H2582 • 2025

An Act relative to police certification

An Act relative to police certification

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Sponsor
Michael S. Day
Last action
2025-12-18
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act relative to police certification

An Act relative to police certification By Representative Day of Stoneham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to police certification By Representative Day of Stoneham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 2582) of Michael S.
  • Day for legislation to further regulate police certification.
  • Public Safety and Homeland Security.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-12-18 House

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

  2. 2025-12-18 House

    Rules suspended

  3. 2025-12-18 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  4. 2025-12-01 House

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

  5. 2025-09-11 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 09/25/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2

  6. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security

  7. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to police certification
By Representative Day of Stoneham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2582) of Michael S. Day for legislation to further regulate police certification. Public Safety and Homeland Security.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.2582

SECTION 1: The fourth paragraph of Section 4 of Chapter 6E of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “commonwealth” in line 45 the following-:

“Any applicant who would otherwise be ineligible for certification or re-certification were it not for a presidential or gubernatorial pardon shall remain ineligible for certification or re-certification pursuant to this section.”

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