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An Act relative to the maximum age requirement for original appointment as a police officer for the city of Worcester

Filed by James J. O'Day  ·  1 cosponsor  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 118 of the Acts of 2026.

H3929  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD4438

17 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-03-20HouseReferred to the committee on Public Service
2025-03-27SenateSenate concurred
2025-09-05JointHearing scheduled for 09/17/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-2
2025-09-17JointHearing rescheduled to 09/17/2025 from 01:00 PM-02:00 PM in B-2 and Virtual. Hearing updated to New End Time
2025-12-11HouseReporting date extended to Wednesday, March 18, 2026
2026-03-25HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2026-04-21HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2026-04-21HouseRules suspended
2026-04-21HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-05-26HouseRead third and passed to be engrossed
2026-05-28SenateRead; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2026-06-18SenateRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-06-18SenateTaken out of the Orders of the Day
2026-06-18SenateRead third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed
2026-06-22HouseEnacted
2026-06-23SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2026-06-30ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 118 of the Acts of 2026

1 committee vote

Public Service (J)  ·  2026-03-18 15:37  ·  Favorable Report

favorable · 9

reserve right · 1

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
2025-09-17Public Service (J)B-2, 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)

Cosponsors

In the order filed.

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.