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MA H 5520

passed one chamber

An Act exempting George Patrinos from the maximum age requirement age for the position of firefighter in the town of Dudley

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

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Did MA H 5520 pass?

Not yet. MA H 5520 has passed one chamber and awaits action in the other. Latest recorded action (2026-10-19): Enacted and laid before the Governor

What is MA H 5520 about?

Message from Her Excellency the Governor (under Section 8 of Article LXXXIX of the Amendments to the Constitution) recommending legislation relative to exempting George Patrinos from the maximum age requirement age for the position of firefighter in the town of Dudley.

Who sponsors MA H 5520?

Maura T. Healey is the primary sponsor of MA H 5520.

Description

Message from Her Excellency the Governor (under Section 8 of Article LXXXIX of the Amendments to the Constitution) recommending legislation relative to exempting George Patrinos from the maximum age requirement age for the position of firefighter in the town of Dudley.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-10-19 — Enacted and laid before the Governor
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Maura T. Healeyprimary

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-10-19

    Enacted and laid before the Governor

    passage

  2. 2026-10-19

    Enacted

    passage

  3. 2026-10-15

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

    passage,reading-2,reading-3

  4. 2026-10-15

    Taken out of the Orders of the Day

  5. 2026-09-21

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

  6. 2026-09-17

    Read third and passed to be engrossed

    passage,reading-3

  7. 2026-08-31

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

    reading-2

  8. 2026-08-31

    Rules suspended

  9. 2026-08-31

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

  10. 2026-08-27

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

    committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee

  11. 2026-07-14

    Hearing rescheduled to 07/14/2026 from 11:00 AM-11:20 AM in A-1 Hearing updated to New End Time

  12. 2026-06-30

    Hearing scheduled for 07/14/2026 from 11:00 AM-04:00 PM in A-1

  13. 2026-06-29

    Senate concurred

  14. 2026-06-22

    Referred to the committee on Public Service

    referral-committee

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Related bills

  • Replaces: HD 6236not in this corpus

Official source

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5520

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