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MA S 3017

passed one chamber

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

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

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Did MA S 3017 pass?

Not yet. MA S 3017 has passed one chamber and awaits action in the other. Latest recorded action (2026-10-13): Enacted and laid before the Governor

What is MA S 3017 about?

By Mr. Collins, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 3017) of Nick Collins (with the approval of the mayor and city council) for legislation to direct the city of Boston police department to waive the maximum age requirement for police officers for Elijah George Osborne. Public Service. [Local approval received.]

Who sponsors MA S 3017?

Nick Collins is the primary sponsor of MA S 3017.

Description

By Mr. Collins, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 3017) of Nick Collins (with the approval of the mayor and city council) for legislation to direct the city of Boston police department to waive the maximum age requirement for police officers for Elijah George Osborne. Public Service. [Local approval received.]

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-10-13 — Enacted and laid before the Governor
Bill type
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Sponsors

  • Nick Collinsprimary

Committees

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Action timeline

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  1. 2026-10-13

    Enacted and laid before the Governor

    passage

  2. 2026-10-13

    Enacted

    passage

  3. 2026-10-08

    Read third and passed to be engrossed

    passage,reading-3

  4. 2026-09-03

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

    reading-2

  5. 2026-09-03

    Rules suspended

  6. 2026-09-03

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

  7. 2026-08-06

    Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

    referral-committee

  8. 2026-08-04

    Read third and passed to be engrossed

    passage,reading-3

  9. 2026-08-04

    Taken out of the Orders of the Day

  10. 2026-06-18

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

    reading-2

  11. 2026-05-14

    Bill reported favorably by committee and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session

    committee-passage-favorable

  12. 2026-04-14

    Hearing rescheduled to 04/14/2026 from 02:00 PM-02:20 PM in A-2 and Virtual Hearing updated to New End Time

  13. 2026-04-07

    Hearing scheduled for 04/14/2026 from 02:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2

  14. 2026-04-02

    Hearing scheduled for 04/14/2026 from 02:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2

  15. 2026-03-16

    House concurred

  16. 2026-03-12

    Referred to the committee on Public Service

    referral-committee

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Related bills

  • Replaces: SD 3764not in this corpus

Official source

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S3017

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