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An Act authorizing Bradford G. Merkel to take the state police examination notwithstanding the maximum age requirement

Filed by Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr.  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

H5189  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD5296

12 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-11-03HouseReferred to the committee on House Rules
2026-02-26HouseReported, referred to the committee on Joint Rules, reported, rules suspended and referred to the committee on Public Service
2026-03-02SenateSenate concurred
2026-04-02JointHearing scheduled for 04/14/2026 from 02:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2
2026-04-07JointHearing scheduled for 04/14/2026 from 02:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2
2026-04-14JointHearing rescheduled to 04/14/2026 from 02:00 PM-02:20 PM in A-2 and Virtual. Hearing updated to New End Time
2026-05-11HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2026-05-28HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2026-05-28HouseRules suspended
2026-05-28HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-06-25HouseRead third and passed to be engrossed
2026-07-01SenateRead; and referred to the committee on Senate Rules

1 committee vote

Public Service (J)  ·  2026-05-08 16:42  ·  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
2026-04-14Public Service (J)A-2, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
Suspend RulesRules (H)
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.