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An Act authorizing the town of Billerica to establish an age limit for original appointment to the position of police officer

Filed by Marc T. Lombardo  ·  1 cosponsor  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 7 of the Acts of 2026.

H4632  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD5244

14 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-10-20HouseReferred to the committee on Public Service
2025-10-23SenateSenate concurred
2025-11-20JointHearing scheduled for 11/20/2025 from 05:00 PM-05:00 PM in Written Testimony Only
2025-12-11HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2025-12-15HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2025-12-15HouseRules suspended
2025-12-15HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2025-12-24HouseRead third, amended and passed to be engrossed
2025-12-29SenateRead; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2026-01-15SenateTaken out of the Orders of the Day
2026-01-15SenateRead second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed
2026-01-20HouseEnacted
2026-01-20SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2026-01-29ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 7 of the Acts of 2026

1 amendments filed

1 adopted

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
House 1Floor AmendmentThomas P. WalshAdopted

1 committee vote

Public Service (J)  ·  2025-12-08 16:10  ·  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
2025-11-20Public 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)

Cosponsors

In the order filed.

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.