# Massachusetts H 4234: An Act relative to the appointment of retired police officers as special police officers in the town of Fairhaven Massachusetts H 4234, An Act relative to the appointment of retired police officers as special police officers in the town of Fairhaven, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Mark C. Montigny (Democratic), Mark D. Sylvia (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-05-29 (Signed by the Governor, Chapter 90 of the Acts of 2026); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4234-194 - 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 4234 - State: Massachusetts - Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026) - Title: An Act relative to the appointment of retired police officers as special police officers in the town of Fairhaven - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-06-23 - Last action: 2026-05-29, Signed by the Governor, Chapter 90 of the Acts of 2026 - Sponsors: Mark C. Montigny (Democratic), Mark D. Sylvia (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: Public Service, House Steering, Policy and Scheduling, Bills in the Third Reading - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 1 (9 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Retired Fairhaven officers can work details: benefit, low. The chief of police, with town administrator approval, may appoint retired Fairhaven officers as special police. You must have been a regular Fairhaven officer, retired for superannuation, and retired no more than 5 years ago. These special officers can work police details and duties that arise fro… - Injury leave pay for special officers: mixed, low. Special officers are covered by sections 100 and 111F. If you are injured, pay under section 111F equals your average earnings as a special officer over the prior 52 weeks, or a shorter pre-set period. Your total in a year cannot go over the earnings cap in chapter 32, section 91(b). Payments end w… - Rules and limits for special officers: mixed, low. The law sets job rules for these special officers. You must pass a town-chosen medical exam before working details, and you pay for it. You must keep your state police certification and complete annual training. Civil service, section 99A, and collective bargaining laws do not apply. Your term is i… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Mark C. Montigny (Democratic), Senate - Sponsor: Mark D. Sylvia (Democratic), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-10-14 | committee | Committee Favorable: Joint Committee on Public Service | pass | 9 | 0 | | ## Actions (18) - 2026-05-29: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 90 of the Acts of 2026 - 2026-05-21: Enacted and laid before the Governor (Senate) - 2026-05-21: Enacted (House) - 2026-05-20: House concurred in the Senate amendment (House) - 2026-05-20: Rules suspended (House) - 2026-04-27: Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading (House) - 2026-04-23: Read third (title changed), amended and passed to be engrossed (Senate) - 2026-04-23: Taken out of the Orders of the Day (Senate) - 2026-01-29: Read second and ordered to a third reading (Senate) - 2025-11-24: Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session (Senate) - 2025-11-20: Read third, amended and passed to be engrossed (House) - 2025-10-30: Read second and ordered to a third reading (House) - 2025-10-30: Rules suspended (House) - 2025-10-30: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting (House) - 2025-10-22: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling (House) - 2025-07-07: Hearing scheduled for 07/16/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2 (legislature) - 2025-06-26: Senate concurred (Senate) - 2025-06-23: Referred to the committee on Public Service (House) ## Bill text - Chapter 90 of the Acts of 2026, 2026-05-29: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4234.pdf) ## Related bills - H 4585: An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax abatements (signed) - H 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police chief Neal Hovey (passed senate) - 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 3909: An Act authorizing the Provincetown year-round market rate rental housing trust to acquire year-round housing occupancy restrictions (signed) - 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 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nicholas Spinale (second reading) ## Sources - [Chapter 90 of the Acts of 2026 (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4234.pdf) ## Related - [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 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police ch…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5435-194) - [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 3909: An Act authorizing the Provincetown year-round market rate rental housing trust…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H3909-194) - [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 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nichola…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5429-194) - [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-H4234-194 (as of 2026-11-01).