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An Act directing the city of Boston police department to waive the maximum age requirement for police officers for Rodney Alcindor

Filed by Brandy Fluker-Reid  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 131 of the Acts of 2026.

H4254  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD4863

16 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-07-07HouseReferred to the committee on Public Service
2025-07-10SenateSenate concurred
2025-09-03JointHearing scheduled for 09/10/2025 from 1:00 PM-4:00 PM in A-1
2025-09-10JointHearing rescheduled to 09/10/2025 from 01:00 PM-01:30 PM in A-1 and Virtual. Hearing updated to New End Time
2025-12-29HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2025-12-31HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2025-12-31HouseRules suspended
2025-12-31HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-01-27HouseRead third and passed to be engrossed
2026-01-29SenateRead; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2026-02-26SenateRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-06-29SenateTaken out of the Orders of the Day
2026-06-29SenateRead third and passed to be engrossed
2026-07-01HouseEnacted
2026-07-01SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2026-07-07ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 131 of the Acts of 2026

1 committee vote

Public Service (J)  ·  2025-12-08 15:58  ·  Favorable Report

favorable · 8

no action · 3

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
2025-09-10Public 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.