Massachusetts legislation · 194th General Court
Massachusetts H4747: An Act relative to the New Bedford Police Association
Status: In committee, November 2, 2026
What the bill says
From the introduced text, August 21, 2025:
SECTION 1. Chapter 451 of the acts of 2016 is hereby repealed. SECTION 2. (a) Subject to the approval of the board of directors of the New Bedford Police Association, and notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the association may pay: (i) to beneficiaries named by a member of the association in good standing, a sum of $24,000, upon the death of that member, if the deceased was an active member of the New Bedford police department at the time of death; (ii) to a member of the association in good standing, upon that member’s resignation or retirement from the New Bedford police department, if that member has been pensioned from the department due to an injury or disability, a sum equal to the greater of: (a) $150 for each year of membership in the association for a period of not more than 20 years; or (b) $1,000; (iii) to a member of the association in good standing, who has been a member for at least 10 years or has paid membership dues to the association amounting to those membership dues that would have been paid to the association during the immediately preceding 10 years pursuant to the by-laws or who had been pensioned from the New Bedford police department for an injury or other illness or …
Sponsors
- Antonio Cabral (D) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Read second and ordered to a third reading
- : Rules suspended
- : Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
- : Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
- : Reported on a part of H5423
- : Reported from the committee on House Rules
- : Accompanied a study order, see H5423 (under House Rule 27)
- : Hearing rescheduled to 03/11/2026 from 01:00 PM-01:25 PM in A-1 and Virtual<br> <span style="color: blue; font-style: italic;">Hearing updated to New End Time</span>
- : Hearing scheduled for 03/11/2026 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1
- : Hearing scheduled for 11/20/2025 from 05:00 PM-05:00 PM in Written Testimony Only
Common questions
- What is H4747?
- H4747 is a bill in the Massachusetts Legislature (194th General Court): An Act relative to the New Bedford Police Association.
- What is the status of H4747?
- In committee as of November 2, 2026. Latest action: Read second and ordered to a third reading (November 2, 2026).
- Who sponsored H4747?
- Antonio Cabral (D).
- Where is the official record for H4747?
- On the Massachusetts Legislature website: https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4747
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