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An Act directing the city of Boston Police Department to waive the maximum age requirement for police officer for Antonio Pires

Filed by Liz Miranda  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 24 of the Acts of 2026.

S27  ·  Bill  ·  docket SD2644

15 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-03-06SenateReferred to the committee on Public Service
2025-03-10HouseHouse concurred
2025-05-01JointHearing scheduled for 05/07/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1
2025-09-29SenateBill reported favorably by committee and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2025-10-20SenateRead second and ordered to a third reading
2025-12-29SenateTaken out of the Orders of the Day
2025-12-29SenateRead third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed
2025-12-31HouseRead; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2026-01-22HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2026-01-22HouseRules suspended
2026-01-22HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-02-05HouseRead third and passed to be engrossed
2026-02-09HouseEnacted
2026-02-09SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2026-02-18ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 24 of the Acts of 2026

1 committee vote

Public Service (J)  ·  2025-09-22 17:00  ·  Ought to pass

favorable · 6

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
2025-05-07Public Service (J)A-1, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorablePublic Service (J)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (S)
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.