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An Act authorizing the town of Holbrook to appoint Patrick Doherty as a firefighter notwithstanding the maximum age requirement

Filed by John F. Keenan  ·  1 cosponsor  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

S3165  ·  Bill  ·  docket SD4040

11 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2026-07-02SenateReferred to the committee on Public Service
2026-07-06HouseHouse concurred
2026-07-07JointHearing scheduled for 07/14/2026 from 11:00 AM-04:00 PM in A-1
2026-07-14JointHearing rescheduled to 07/14/2026 from 11:00 AM-11:20 AM in A-1 . Hearing updated to New End Time
2026-08-13SenateBill reported favorably by committee and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2026-09-03SenateTaken out of the Orders of the Day
2026-09-03SenateRead second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed
2026-09-08HouseRead; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2026-09-10HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2026-09-10HouseRules suspended
2026-09-10HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading

1 committee vote

Public Service (J)  ·  2026-07-30 14:30  ·  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
2026-07-14Public Service (J)A-1, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorablePublic Service (J)

Cosponsors

In the order filed.

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.