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H3901 • 2025

An Act exempting the position of assistant fire chief in the town of Natick from the civil service law

An Act exempting the position of assistant fire chief in the town of Natick from the civil service law

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
David Paul Linsky
Last action
2025-11-06
Official status
Signed by the Governor, Chapter 55 of the Acts of 2025
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act exempting the position of assistant fire chief in the town of Natick from the civil service law

An Act exempting the position of assistant fire chief in the town of Natick from the civil service law By Representative Linsky of Natick, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act exempting the position of assistant fire chief in the town of Natick from the civil service law By Representative Linsky of Natick, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 3901) of David Paul Linsky (by vote of the town) that the town of Natick be authorized to exempt the position of assistant fire chief from certain provisions of the civil service law.
  • Public Service.
  • [Local Approval Received.]

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. 2025-11-06 Executive

    Signed by the Governor, Chapter 55 of the Acts of 2025

  2. 2025-10-30 Senate

    Enacted and laid before the Governor

  3. 2025-10-27 House

    Enacted

  4. 2025-10-23 Senate

    Taken out of the Orders of the Day

  5. 2025-10-23 Senate

    Read third and passed to be engrossed

  6. 2025-10-14 Senate

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

  7. 2025-10-09 House

    Read third and passed to be engrossed

  8. 2025-09-15 House

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

  9. 2025-09-15 House

    Rules suspended

  10. 2025-09-15 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  11. 2025-08-25 House

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

  12. 2025-05-08 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 05/12/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1

  13. 2025-03-17 Senate

    Senate concurred

  14. 2025-03-13 House

    Referred to the committee on Public Service

Official Summary Text

An Act exempting the position of assistant fire chief in the town of Natick from the civil service law
By Representative Linsky of Natick, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3901) of David Paul Linsky (by vote of the town) that the town of Natick be authorized to exempt the position of assistant fire chief from certain provisions of the civil service law. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.]

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.3901

SECTION 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or specific law to the contrary, the position of Assistant Fire Chief in the Town of Natick shall be exempt from the provisions of Chapter 31 of the General Laws.

SECTION 2. The provisions of section 1 shall not impair the civil service status of any person holding the position of Assistant Fire Chief of the Town of Natick on the effective date of this act.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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