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An Act relative to the maximum age requirement for original appointment to the position of firefighter or police officer

Filed by Andres X. Vargas  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

H4443  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD5070

15 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-08-21HouseReferred to the committee on Public Service
2025-08-25SenateSenate 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
HouseReported by committee to Clerk’s Office for processing, will accompany a study order
2026-05-11HouseAccompanied a study order, see H5398 (under House Rule 27)
2026-05-20HouseReported from the committee on House Rules
2026-05-20HouseReported on the residue of H5398
2026-05-20HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2026-06-11HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2026-06-11HouseRules suspended
2026-06-11HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-06-22HouseRead third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed
2026-06-29SenateRead; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2026-07-09SenateRead second and ordered to a third reading

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
AccompaniedPublic Service (J)
FavorableRules (H)
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.