# Massachusetts H 4584: An Act regarding the appointment of Special Police Officers in the City of Malden

Massachusetts H 4584, An Act regarding the appointment of Special Police Officers in the City of Malden, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Steven Ultrino (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-04-29 (Signed by the Governor, Chapter 68 of the Acts of 2026); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts H 4584
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act regarding the appointment of Special Police Officers in the City of Malden
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-10-02
- Last action: 2026-04-29, Signed by the Governor, Chapter 68 of the Acts of 2026
- Sponsor: Steven Ultrino (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Public Service, House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 1 (10 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Retired Malden officers must be 70 or younger: cost, low. Retired Malden Police Officers can be appointed as Special Police Officers only if they are 70 or younger at the time of appointment. This rule applies even if other state laws say something different. All other rules for Malden Special Police Officers stay the same. The law takes effect upon passa…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Steven Ultrino (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-01-09 | committee | Committee Favorable: Favorable Report | pass | 10 | 0 |   |

## Actions (16)

- 2026-04-29: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 68 of the Acts of 2026
- 2026-04-23: Enacted and laid before the Governor (Senate)
- 2026-04-23: Enacted (House)
- 2026-04-21: Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed (Senate)
- 2026-04-21: Taken out of the Orders of the Day (Senate)
- 2026-04-09: Read second and ordered to a third reading (Senate)
- 2026-03-19: Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session (Senate)
- 2026-03-18: Read third, amended and passed to be engrossed (House)
- 2026-03-18: Rules suspended (House)
- 2026-03-02: Read second and ordered to a third reading (House)
- 2026-03-02: Rules suspended (House)
- 2026-03-02: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting (House)
- 2026-02-02: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling (House)
- 2025-11-20: Hearing scheduled for 11/20/2025 from 05:00 PM-05:00 PM in Written Testimony Only (legislature)
- 2025-10-06: Senate concurred (Senate)
- 2025-10-02: Referred to the committee on Public Service (House)

## Bill text

- Chapter 68 of the Acts of 2026, 2026-04-29: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4584.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 4755: An Act amending the means tested senior citizen property tax exemption in the town of Sudbury (signed)
- H 3909: An Act authorizing the Provincetown year-round market rate rental housing trust to acquire year-round housing occupancy restrictions (signed)
- H 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nicholas Spinale (second reading)

## Sources
- [Chapter 68 of the Acts of 2026 (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4584.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4584-194 (as of 2026-11-01).