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H4584 • 2025

An Act regarding the appointment of Special Police Officers in the City of Malden

An Act regarding the appointment of Special Police Officers in the City of Malden

Enacted

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

Sponsor
Steven Ultrino
Last action
2026-04-29
Official status
Signed by the Governor, Chapter 68 of the Acts of 2026
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 regarding the appointment of Special Police Officers in the City of Malden

An Act regarding the appointment of Special Police Officers in the City of Malden By Representative Ultrino of Malden, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act regarding the appointment of Special Police Officers in the City of Malden By Representative Ultrino of Malden, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 4584) of Steven Ultrino (with the approval of the mayor and city council) relative to the appointment of special police officers in the city of Malden.
  • 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. 2026-04-29 Executive

    Signed by the Governor, Chapter 68 of the Acts of 2026

  2. 2026-04-23 House

    Enacted

  3. 2026-04-23 Senate

    Enacted and laid before the Governor

  4. 2026-04-21 Senate

    Taken out of the Orders of the Day

  5. 2026-04-21 Senate

    Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed

  6. 2026-04-09 Senate

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  7. 2026-03-19 Senate

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

  8. 2026-03-18 House

    Rules suspended

  9. 2026-03-18 House

    Read third, amended and passed to be engrossed

  10. 2026-03-02 House

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

  11. 2026-03-02 House

    Rules suspended

  12. 2026-03-02 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  13. 2026-02-02 House

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

  14. 2025-11-20 Joint

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

  15. 2025-10-06 Senate

    Senate concurred

  16. 2025-10-02 House

    Referred to the committee on Public Service

Official Summary Text

An Act regarding the appointment of Special Police Officers in the City of Malden
By Representative Ultrino of Malden, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4584) of Steven Ultrino (with the approval of the mayor and city council) relative to the appointment of special police officers in the city of Malden. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.]

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.4584

SECTION 1. Notwithstanding section 1 of Chapter 31 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, including the provisions of Chapter 17 of the Acts of 2018, the maximum age of eligibility for a retired Malden Police Officer to be appointed to the position of Special Police Officers in the City of Malden shall be seventy (70) years of age.

SECTION 2. All other provisions of Chapter 17 of the Acts of 2018 shall remain in full force and effect.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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