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An Act to authorize the city of Westfield to establish an age limit for original appointment to the position of police officer

Filed by Kelly W. Pease  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 89 of the Acts of 2025.

H3916  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD4467

15 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-03-17HouseReferred to the committee on Public Service
2025-04-17SenateSenate concurred
2025-05-08JointHearing scheduled for 05/12/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1
2025-08-25HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2025-09-29HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading
2025-09-29HouseRules suspended
2025-09-29HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2025-10-23HouseRead third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed
2025-10-27SenateRead; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2025-11-13SenateRead second and ordered to a third reading
2025-12-08SenateTaken out of the Orders of the Day
2025-12-08SenateRead third and passed to be engrossed
2025-12-11HouseEnacted
2025-12-11SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2025-12-22ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 89 of the Acts of 2025

1 committee vote

Public Service (J)  ·  2025-08-08 16:46  ·  Public Service Matters

favorable · 10

no action · 1

Positions are the four the committee itself records. Reserving a right is not an abstention and no action is not an absence.

Public hearing

House Rule 27 counts its reporting deadline from the day a bill is heard.

DateCommitteeWhereStatus
2025-05-12Public Service (J)A-1, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorablePublic Service (J)
Place in ODSteering, Policy and Scheduling (H)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (H)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (S)

Every action here is as the legislature published it. A bill that drew no recorded vote is the ordinary case: the House records roughly 150 a year.