An Act extending residency requirements for members of the regular police or fire departments and fire alarm division of the city of Newton
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| Date | Branch | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 12/4/2025 | Executive | Signed by the Governor, Chapter 83 of the Acts of 2025 |
| 11/26/2025 | Senate | Enacted and laid before the Governor |
| 11/26/2025 | House | Enacted |
| 11/24/2025 | Senate | Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed |
| 11/24/2025 | Senate | Taken out of the Orders of the Day |
| 11/13/2025 | Senate | Read second and ordered to a third reading |
| 11/3/2025 | Senate | Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session |
| 10/30/2025 | House | Read third and passed to be engrossed |
| 7/30/2025 | House | Read second and ordered to a third reading |
| 7/28/2025 | House | Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading |
| 7/14/2025 | House | Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling |
| 5/5/2025 | Joint | Hearing scheduled for 05/13/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1 |
| 2/27/2025 | Senate | Senate concurred |
| 2/27/2025 | House | Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government |
| Committee | Recommendation | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| J10 | Favorable | 1 entries |
| H52 | Place in OD | — |
| H36 | Correctly Drawn | — |
| S31 | Correctly Drawn | — |
Notwithstanding any general or special law or local law to the contrary, any member of the regular police or fire departments and fire alarm or wires division of the City of Newton shall, within nine months of appointment, reside within the City of Newton or within thirty-five miles of Newton's city limits, or within such distance of Newton's city limits as set under a collective bargaining agreement negotiated under chapter 150E. Said distance shall be measured from the closest Newton border limits to the closest border limits of the city or town in which said member resides.
This Act shall take effect upon its passage.
Section 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law or local law to the contrary, any member of the regular police or fire departments and fire alarm or wires division of the City of Newton shall, within nine months of appointment, reside within the City of Newton or within thirty-five miles of Newton's city limits, or within such distance of Newton's city limits as set under a collective bargaining agreement negotiated under chapter 150E. Said distance shall be measured from the closest Newton border limits to the closest border limits of the city or town in which said member resides. Section 2. This Act shall take effect upon its passage.