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An Act directing the city of Boston police department to waive the maximum age requirement for police officers for Elijah George Osborne

Filed by Nick Collins  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

S3017  ·  Bill  ·  docket SD3764

13 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2026-03-12SenateReferred to the committee on Public Service
2026-03-16HouseHouse 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
2026-05-14SenateBill reported favorably by committee and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2026-06-18SenateRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-08-04SenateTaken out of the Orders of the Day
2026-08-04SenateRead third and passed to be engrossed
2026-08-06HouseRead; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2026-09-03HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2026-09-03HouseRules suspended
2026-09-03HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading

1 committee vote

Public Service (J)  ·  2026-05-13 16:00  ·  Ought to pass

favorable · 5

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
FavorablePublic Service (J)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (S)
Place in ODSteering, Policy and Scheduling (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.