republic-os/legislation/us/states/ma/190th/h-4085.md

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Bill	An Act Increasing The Maximum Age To Be Eligible For Appointment As A Special Police Officer In The City Of Somerville	By Mr. Connolly of Cambridge, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4085) of Mike Connolly and others (with the approval of the mayor and board of alderman) that the city of Somerville be authorized to increase the maximum age for appointment as a special police officer in said city. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.]	us/states/ma	Massachusetts General Court	190th	H 4085	Massachusetts H 4085 (190th)	bill		enacted	Mike Connolly	1	15	0	2017-12-18	2018-05-25	openstates	ocd-bill/b4ea49a6-f350-432a-b77e-cf78bca00b95	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H4085	d0ee52c374e9ff98c14baf8eb9d24aaf339c2917852647b4513543fabc22fe26	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ma

Massachusetts H 4085 (190th) — An Act Increasing The Maximum Age To Be Eligible For Appointment As A Special Police Officer In The City Of Somerville

By Mr. Connolly of Cambridge, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4085) of Mike Connolly and others (with the approval of the mayor and board of alderman) that the city of Somerville be authorized to increase the maximum age for appointment as a special police officer in said city. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.]

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• Mike Connolly — primary (person)
• Christine P. Barber — cosponsor (person)
• Denise Provost — cosponsor (person)
• Patricia D. Jehlen — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2017-12-18 Referred to the committee on Public Service referral-committee
• 2017-12-21 Senate concurred
• 2018-01-17 Hearing scheduled for 01/23/2018 from 11:30 AM-01:00 PM in A-2
• 2018-01-31 Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-02-07 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
• 2018-02-07 Rules suspended
• 2018-02-07 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
• 2018-03-06 Read third and passed to be engrossed reading-3
• 2018-03-09 Read and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
• 2018-03-22 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
• 2018-05-17 Taken out of the Orders of the Day
• 2018-05-17 Read third and passed to be engrossed reading-3
• 2018-05-21 Enacted passage
• 2018-05-21 Enacted and laid before the Governor passage
• 2018-05-25 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 92 of the Acts of 2018 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b4ea49a6-f350-432a-b77e-cf78bca00b95. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).