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An Act authorizing Kenneth Navarro to take the civil service examination for the position of fire fighter in the city of Haverhill notwithstanding the maximum age requirement

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

H4476  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD5100

14 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-09-04HouseReferred to the committee on Public Service
2025-09-08SenateSenate concurred
2025-10-02JointHearing scheduled for 10/15/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1
2026-02-02HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2026-03-02HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2026-03-02HouseRules suspended
2026-03-02HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-04-02HouseRead third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed
2026-04-06SenateRead; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2026-04-15SenateRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-08-31SenateTaken out of the Orders of the Day
2026-08-31SenateRead third and passed to be engrossed
2026-09-03HouseEnacted
2026-09-03SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor

1 committee vote

Public Service (J)  ·  2026-01-09 15:14  ·  Favorable Report

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
2025-10-15Public 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)
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.