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An Act relative to waiving the maximum age requirement for police officers for Matthew Cummings

Filed by Daniel J. Hunt  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

H5034  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD5603

11 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2026-01-29HouseReferred to the committee on Public Service
2026-01-29SenateSenate concurred
2026-02-27JointHearing scheduled for 03/11/2026 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1
2026-03-11JointHearing rescheduled to 03/11/2026 from 01:00 PM-01:25 PM in A-1 and Virtual. Hearing updated to New End Time
2026-03-25HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2026-04-21HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2026-04-21HouseRules suspended
2026-04-21HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-06-18HouseRead third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed
2026-06-23SenateRead; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2026-07-09SenateRead second and ordered to a third reading

1 committee vote

Public Service (J)  ·  2026-03-18 15:34  ·  Favorable Report

favorable · 9

reserve right · 1

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
2026-03-11Public Service (J)A-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.