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H4702 • 2025

An Act exempting the positions of police lieutenant and police sergeant in the city of Leominster from the civil service law

An Act exempting the positions of police lieutenant and police sergeant in the city of Leominster from the civil service law

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Sponsor
Higgins, Natalie M.
Last action
2026-04-16
Official status
Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act exempting the positions of police lieutenant and police sergeant in the city of Leominster from the civil service law

An Act exempting the positions of police lieutenant and police sergeant in the city of Leominster from the civil service law By Representative Higgins of Leominster and Senator Cronin, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act exempting the positions of police lieutenant and police sergeant in the city of Leominster from the civil service law By Representative Higgins of Leominster and Senator Cronin, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 4702) 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.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-04-16 Senate

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

  2. 2026-04-13 House

    Read third and passed to be engrossed

  3. 2026-02-17 House

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

  4. 2026-02-17 House

    Rules suspended

  5. 2026-02-17 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  6. 2026-01-29 House

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

  7. 2025-11-20 Joint

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

  8. 2025-11-06 Senate

    Senate concurred

  9. 2025-11-03 House

    Referred to the committee on Public Service

Official Summary Text

An Act exempting the positions of police lieutenant and police sergeant in the city of Leominster from the civil service law
By Representative Higgins of Leominster and Senator Cronin, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4702) 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.]

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.4702

SECTION 1: The positions of police lieutenant and police sergeant in the City of Leominster shall be exempt from Chapter 31 of General Laws.

SECTION 2: This act shall take effect upon its passage.

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