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

Filed by William F. MacGregor  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 50 of the Acts of 2026.

H4740  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD5311

15 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-11-10HouseReferred to the committee on Public Service
2025-12-11SenateSenate concurred
2026-01-17JointHearing scheduled for 01/27/2026 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1
2026-01-27JointHearing rescheduled to 01/27/2026 from 01:00 PM-01:15 PM in B-1 and Virtual. Hearing updated to New End Time
2026-02-09HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2026-02-19HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2026-02-19HouseRules suspended
2026-02-19HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-03-05HouseRead third and passed to be engrossed
2026-03-09SenateRead; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2026-03-26SenateTaken out of the Orders of the Day
2026-03-26SenateRead second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed
2026-03-30HouseEnacted
2026-03-30SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2026-03-30ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 50 of the Acts of 2026

1 committee vote

Public Service (J)  ·  2026-02-05 15:45  ·  Favorable Report

favorable · 9

no action · 2

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
2026-01-27Public 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)

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.