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MA H 4255

enacted

An Act directing the city of Boston police department to waive the maximum age requirement for police officers for Jonathan Telfort

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

Description

By Representative Fluker-Reid of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4255) of Brandy Fluker-Reid (with the approval of the mayor and city council) for legislation to authorize the appointment of Jonathan Telfort as a police officer in the city of Boston, notwithstanding the maximum age requirement. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.]

Introduced
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Status date
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Latest action
2026-07-07 — Signed by the Governor, Chapter 132 of the Acts of 2026
Bill type
bill
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Sponsors

  • Brandy Fluker-Reidprimary

Committees

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Action timeline

  1. 2025-07-07

    Referred to the committee on Public Service

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  2. 2025-07-10

    Senate concurred

  3. 2025-09-03

    Hearing scheduled for 09/10/2025 from 1:00 PM-4:00 PM in A-1

  4. 2025-09-10

    Hearing rescheduled to 09/10/2025 from 01:00 PM-01:30 PM in A-1 and Virtual Hearing updated to New End Time

  5. 2025-12-29

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

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  6. 2025-12-31

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

  7. 2025-12-31

    Rules suspended

  8. 2025-12-31

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

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  9. 2026-02-05

    Read third and passed to be engrossed

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  10. 2026-02-09

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

  11. 2026-02-26

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

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  12. 2026-06-29

    Taken out of the Orders of the Day

  13. 2026-06-29

    Read third and passed to be engrossed

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  14. 2026-07-01

    Enacted

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  15. 2026-07-01

    Enacted and laid before the Governor

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  16. 2026-07-07

    Signed by the Governor, Chapter 132 of the Acts of 2026

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Official source

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4255

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