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An Act authorizing Jonathan Gagne to take the civil service examination for the position of police officer in the city of Haverhill notwithstanding the maximum age requirement

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

H4879  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD5443

15 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-12-22HouseReferred to the committee on Public Service
2025-12-24SenateSenate 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
2026-03-05HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2026-03-05HouseRules suspended
2026-03-05HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-03-26HouseRead third and passed to be engrossed
2026-03-30SenateRead; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2026-04-09SenateRead 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)  ·  2026-02-05 15:49  ·  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)
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.