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

Filed by Christopher J. Worrell  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

H4604  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD5227

10 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-10-14HouseReferred to the committee on Public Service
2025-10-16SenateSenate concurred
2025-11-20JointHearing scheduled for 11/20/2025 from 05:00 PM-05:00 PM in Written Testimony Only
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
2026-05-11HouseRead third, amended and passed to be engrossed
2026-05-14SenateRead; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2026-06-18SenateRead second and ordered to a third reading

1 amendments filed

1 adopted

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
House 1Floor AmendmentThomas P. WalshAdopted

1 committee vote

Public Service (J)  ·  2026-01-09 15:38  ·  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
2025-11-20Public Service (J)Written Testimony Only, 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.