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An Act increasing the age limit for retired police officers serving as special police officers in the town of Weston

Filed by Alice Hanlon Peisch  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 4 of the Acts of 2026.

H4031  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD4326

19 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-04-14HouseReferred 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
2025-08-28HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2025-08-28HouseRules suspended
2025-08-28HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2025-09-22HouseRead third and passed to be engrossed
2025-09-25SenateRead; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2025-10-23SenateRead second and ordered to a third reading
2025-12-11SenateTaken out of the Orders of the Day
2025-12-11SenateRead third
2025-12-11SenateAmended (Barrett) by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S2860
2025-12-11SenatePassed to be engrossed
2025-12-15HouseReferred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading
2026-01-08HouseHouse concurred in the Senate amendment
2026-01-12HouseEnacted
2026-01-12SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2026-01-21ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 4 of the Acts of 2026

1 amendments filed

1 adopted

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
Senate 1Removing Special Police Officer Residency Requirement Michael J. BarrettAdopted

1 committee vote

Public Service (J)  ·  2025-08-08 16:48  ·  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)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (H)

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.