# Massachusetts H 4862: An Act authorizing the town of Monterey to continue the employment of police officer Jennifer O. Brown

Massachusetts H 4862, An Act authorizing the town of Monterey to continue the employment of police officer Jennifer O. Brown, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2026-09-24 (Signed by the Governor, Chapter 220 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 4862
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act authorizing the town of Monterey to continue the employment of police officer Jennifer O. Brown
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-12-29
- Last action: 2026-09-24, Signed by the Governor, Chapter 220 of the Acts of 2026
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Public Service, House Steering, Policy and Scheduling, Bills in the Third Reading
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 1 (8 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Officer Jennifer O. Brown can work to 70: benefit, high. Officer Jennifer O. Brown can keep serving in Monterey until age 70 if she stays mentally and physically able. The appointing authority can approve or remove her and may pay for a fitness exam by the Berkshire County Retirement System. After she turns 65, no chapter 32 retirement deductions come ou…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- (none)

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-12-08 | committee | Committee Redraft: Favorable as Redrafted | pass | 8 | 0 |   |

## Actions (16)

- 2026-09-24: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 220 of the Acts of 2026
- 2026-09-21: Enacted and laid before the Governor (Senate)
- 2026-09-21: Enacted (House)
- 2026-09-21: House concurred in the Senate amendment (House)
- 2026-09-17: Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading (House)
- 2026-09-17: Read third, amended, and passed to be engrossed (Senate)
- 2026-09-17: Taken out of the Orders of the Day (Senate)
- 2026-06-18: Read second and ordered to a third reading (Senate)
- 2026-06-01: Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session (Senate)
- 2026-05-28: Read third and passed to be engrossed (House)
- 2026-01-27: Read second and ordered to a third reading (House)
- 2026-01-27: Rules suspended (House)
- 2026-01-27: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting (House)
- 2025-12-29: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling (House)
- 2025-12-29: New draft of H4387 (House)
- 2025-12-29: Reported from the committee on Public Service (House)

## Bill text

- Chapter 220 of the Acts of 2026, 2026-09-24: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4862.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 220 of the Acts of 2026 (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4862.pdf)

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- [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 4755: An Act amending the means tested senior citizen property tax exemption in the t…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4755-194)
- [H 3909: An Act authorizing the Provincetown year-round market rate rental housing trust…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H3909-194)
- [H 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nichola…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5429-194)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4862-194 (as of 2026-11-01).