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An Act directing the city of Boston Police Department to waive the maximum age requirement for police officers for Constantinos Papadopoulos

Filed by William F. MacGregor  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

H4267  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD4899

11 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-07-14HouseReferred to the committee on Public Service
2025-12-11SenateSenate concurred
2026-01-17JointHearing scheduled for 01/27/2026 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1
2026-01-27JointHearing rescheduled to 01/27/2026 from 01:00 PM-01:15 PM in B-1 and Virtual. Hearing updated to New End Time
2026-02-09HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2026-02-19HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2026-02-19HouseRules suspended
2026-02-19HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-03-16HouseRead third and passed to be engrossed
2026-03-19SenateRead; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2026-04-09SenateRead second and ordered to a third reading

1 committee vote

Public Service (J)  ·  2026-02-05 15:44  ·  Favorable Report

favorable · 9

no action · 2

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
2026-01-27Public Service (J)B-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)

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.