# Massachusetts H 2335: An Act extending residency requirements for members of the regular police or fire departments and fire alarm division of the city of Newton Massachusetts H 2335, An Act extending residency requirements for members of the regular police or fire departments and fire alarm division of the city of Newton, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Greg Schwartz (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-12-04 (Signed by the Governor, Chapter 83 of the Acts of 2025); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H2335-194 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Massachusetts H 2335 - State: Massachusetts - Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026) - Title: An Act extending residency requirements for members of the regular police or fire departments and fire alarm division of the city of Newton - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-27 - Last action: 2025-12-04, Signed by the Governor, Chapter 83 of the Acts of 2025 - Sponsor: Greg Schwartz (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 3 - Subjects: Municipalities and Regional Government, House Steering, Policy and Scheduling - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 1 (11 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Residency rule for Newton police and fire: cost, medium. Members of Newton’s regular police, fire, and fire alarm (wires) division must live near the city. You must live in Newton, within 35 miles of Newton’s border, or within a distance set by a union contract under state law. You have nine months from your appointment to meet this rule. Distance is mea… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Greg Schwartz (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Amy Mah Sangiolo (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Cynthia Stone Creem (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: John J. Lawn Jr. (Democratic), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-07-02 | committee | Committee Favorable: Ought to Pass | pass | 11 | 0 | | ## Actions (14) - 2025-12-04: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 83 of the Acts of 2025 - 2025-11-26: Enacted and laid before the Governor (Senate) - 2025-11-26: Enacted (House) - 2025-11-24: Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed (Senate) - 2025-11-24: Taken out of the Orders of the Day (Senate) - 2025-11-13: Read second and ordered to a third reading (Senate) - 2025-11-03: Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session (Senate) - 2025-10-30: Read third and passed to be engrossed (House) - 2025-07-30: Read second and ordered to a third reading (House) - 2025-07-28: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading (House) - 2025-07-14: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling (House) - 2025-05-05: Hearing scheduled for 05/13/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1 (legislature) - 2025-02-27: Senate concurred (Senate) - 2025-02-27: Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government (House) ## Bill text - Chapter 83 of the Acts of 2025, 2025-12-04: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H2335.pdf) ## Related bills - H 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police chief Neal Hovey (passed senate) - H 4585: An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax abatements (signed) - H 5515: An Act to increase the value of estates eligible for abatements pursuant to M.G.L. chapter 59, section 5, clauses seventeenth D and forty-first C in the town o… (passed house) - H 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nicholas Spinale (second reading) - H 5520: An Act exempting George Patrinos from the maximum age requirement age for the position of firefighter in the town of Dudley (signed) - H 3909: An Act authorizing the Provincetown year-round market rate rental housing trust to acquire year-round housing occupancy restrictions (signed) ## Sources - [Chapter 83 of the Acts of 2025 (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H2335.pdf) ## Related - [H 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police ch…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5435-194) - [H 4585: An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax aba…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4585-194) - [H 5515: An Act to increase the value of estates eligible for abatements pursuant to M.G…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5515-194) - [H 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nichola…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5429-194) - [H 5520: An Act exempting George Patrinos from the maximum age requirement age for the p…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5520-194) - [H 3909: An Act authorizing the Provincetown year-round market rate rental housing trust…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H3909-194) - [Massachusetts bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/massachusetts/bills) - [Massachusetts state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/massachusetts) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H2335-194 (as of 2026-11-01).