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

Filed by Rob Consalvo  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 48 of the Acts of 2026.

H4349  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD4957

16 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-07-28HouseReferred to the committee on Public Service
2025-07-31SenateSenate 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
2026-01-15HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2026-01-15HouseRules suspended
2026-01-15HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-02-02HouseRead third and passed to be engrossed
2026-02-05SenateRead; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2026-02-26SenateRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-03-16SenateTaken out of the Orders of the Day
2026-03-16SenateRead third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed
2026-03-18HouseEnacted
2026-03-19SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2026-03-26ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 48 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.