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An Act authorizing Craig Riley to take the civil service examination for the position of firefighter in the city of Haverhill notwithstanding the maximum age requirement

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

H5384  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD6045

10 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2026-04-16HouseReferred to the committee on Public Service
2026-04-21SenateSenate concurred
2026-05-22JointHearing scheduled for 06/03/2026 from 11:00 AM-04:00 PM in B-2
2026-06-03JointHearing rescheduled to 06/03/2026 from 11:00 AM-11:45 AM in B-2 . Hearing updated to New End Time
2026-07-27HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2026-08-06HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2026-08-06HouseRules suspended
2026-08-06HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-08-24HouseRead third and passed to be engrossed
2026-08-27SenateRead; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session

1 committee vote

Public Service (J)  ·  2026-07-22 15:09  ·  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
2026-06-03Public Service (J)B-2, 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.