Massachusetts legislation · 194th General Court
Massachusetts H4141: An Act authorizing the city of North Adams to appoint retired North Adams police officers as special police officers within said city for paid detail assignments
Status: Signed into law, June 30, 2026
What the bill says
From the introduced text, May 12, 2025:
SECTION 1. The mayor of the City of North Adams may appoint, as the police chief deems necessary, retired North Adams police officers as special police officers to perform police details or any duties arising from police details or during the course of police detail work, whether or not related to the detail work. the police chief shall have discretion to hire only retired North Adams police officers as special police officers and shall establish department rules, procedures and policers concerning these appointments. The mayor shall appoint retired North Adams police officers who served as regular North Adams police officers and are retired based on superannuation. No retired police officer shall be appointed under this act as a special police officer if that officer has been retired more than 5 years without having maintained proper certification by Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST). Special police officers shall not be subject to the same maximum age restrictions as applied to regular North Adams police officers under Chapter 32 of the General Laws. Prior to appointment under this act, a retired North Adams police officer may, at the appointing authority request, pass a medical examination by a physician or other certified professional chosen or agreed to by the department to determine whether the retired North Adams police officer can perform the essential …
Sponsors
- John Barrett (D) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Signed by the Governor, Chapter 117 of the Acts of 2026
- : Enacted and laid before the Governor
- : Enacted
- : Read third and passed to be engrossed
- : Taken out of the Orders of the Day
- : Read second and ordered to a third reading
- : Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
- : Read third, amended and passed to be engrossed
- : Read second and ordered to a third reading
- : Rules suspended
Common questions
- What is H4141?
- H4141 is a bill in the Massachusetts Legislature (194th General Court): An Act authorizing the city of North Adams to appoint retired North Adams police officers as special police officers within said city for paid detail assignments.
- What is the status of H4141?
- Signed into law as of June 30, 2026. Latest action: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 117 of the Acts of 2026 (June 30, 2026).
- Who sponsored H4141?
- John Barrett (D).
- Where is the official record for H4141?
- On the Massachusetts Legislature website: https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4141
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