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H2646 • 2025

An Act pertaining to public fire safety and professionalism

An Act pertaining to public fire safety and professionalism

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Sponsor
Daniel J. Hunt
Last action
2025-10-09
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

An Act pertaining to public fire safety and professionalism

An Act pertaining to public fire safety and professionalism By Representative Hunt of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act pertaining to public fire safety and professionalism By Representative Hunt of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 2646) of Daniel J.
  • Hunt relative to public fire safety and professionalism.
  • 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. 2025-10-09 House

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

  2. 2025-10-09 House

    Rules suspended

  3. 2025-10-09 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  4. 2025-09-22 House

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

  5. 2025-06-05 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 06/11/2025 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 pertaining to public fire safety and professionalism
By Representative Hunt of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2646) of Daniel J. Hunt relative to public fire safety and professionalism. 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.2646

Chapter 48 of the General Laws as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition is hereby amended by adding the following new section; Section 42B. Fire chief qualifications; work history of candidates for fire chief: No person shall be eligible to be appointed to the position of Fire Chief, and/or Fire Commissioner, and/or Head of a Fire Department in any City, Town or Fire District within the Commonwealth unless said candidate has been a uniformed member of the Massachusetts firefighting force of a Massachusetts Fire Department for a minimum of five years.

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