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MA H 4632

enacted

An Act authorizing the town of Billerica to establish an age limit for original appointment to the position of police officer

Massachusetts · 2025-2026 Regular Session (194th General Court) · lower

Description

By Representative Lombardo of Billerica and Senator Friedman, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4632) of Marc T. Lombardo and Cindy F. Friedman (by vote of the town) that the town of Billerica be authorized to establish an age limit for original appointment to the position of police officer in said town. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.]

Introduced
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Status date
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Latest action
2026-01-29 — Signed by the Governor, Chapter 7 of the Acts of 2026
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Marc T. Lombardocosponsor
  • Cindy F. Friedmancosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-10-20

    Referred to the committee on Public Service

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-10-23

    Senate concurred

  3. 2025-11-20

    Hearing scheduled for 11/20/2025 from 05:00 PM-05:00 PM in Written Testimony Only

  4. 2025-12-11

    Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

    committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee

  5. 2025-12-15

    Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting

  6. 2025-12-15

    Rules suspended

  7. 2025-12-15

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

    reading-2

  8. 2025-12-24

    Read third, amended and passed to be engrossed

    passage,reading-3

  9. 2025-12-29

    Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session

  10. 2026-01-15

    Taken out of the Orders of the Day

  11. 2026-01-15

    Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed

    passage,reading-2,reading-3

  12. 2026-01-20

    Enacted

    passage

  13. 2026-01-20

    Enacted and laid before the Governor

    passage

  14. 2026-01-29

    Signed by the Governor, Chapter 7 of the Acts of 2026

    executive-signature

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

Official source

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4632

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