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S1915 • 2025

An Act clarifying call firefighter rights

An Act clarifying call firefighter rights

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Sponsor
John C. Velis
Last action
2026-02-17
Official status
Bills in the Third Reading report accepted, see S2960
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act clarifying call firefighter rights

An Act clarifying call firefighter rights By Mr.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act clarifying call firefighter rights By Mr.
  • Velis, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No.
  • 1915) of John C.
  • Velis for legislation to clarify call firefighters rights.

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. 2026-02-17 Senate

    Taken out of the Orders of the Day

  2. 2026-02-17 Senate

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  3. 2026-02-17 Senate

    Rules suspended

  4. 2026-02-17 Senate

    Read third

  5. 2026-02-17 Senate

    Bills in the Third Reading report accepted, see S2960

  6. 2026-01-29 Senate

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

  7. 2025-11-26 Senate

    Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Rules

  8. 2025-09-08 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 09/15/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1

  9. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Referred to the committee on Public Service

  10. 2025-02-27 House

    House concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act clarifying call firefighter rights
By Mr. Velis, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1915) of John C. Velis for legislation to clarify call firefighters rights. Public Service.

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Bill S.1915

Section 4(2)(b) of Chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by changing the third to the last word from the end of the second sentence from “the” to “any.”

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