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Bill An Act authorizing Scott Wood to take the civil service examination for the position of police officer in the City of Haverhill notwithstanding the maximum age requirement By Mr. Vargas of Haverhill, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3994) of Andres X. Vargas (with the approval of the mayor and city council) for legislation to authorize Scott Wood to take the civil service examination for appointment as a reserve police officer in the city of Haverhill, notwithstanding the maximum age requirement. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.] us/states/ma Massachusetts General Court 191st H 3994 Massachusetts H 3994 (191st)
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Massachusetts H 3994 (191st) — An Act authorizing Scott Wood to take the civil service examination for the position of police officer in the City of Haverhill notwithstanding the maximum age requirement

By Mr. Vargas of Haverhill, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3994) of Andres X. Vargas (with the approval of the mayor and city council) for legislation to authorize Scott Wood to take the civil service examination for appointment as a reserve police officer in the city of Haverhill, notwithstanding the maximum age requirement. 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

  • Andres X. Vargas — primary (person)
  • Andres X. Vargas — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-07-24 Referred to the committee on Public Service referral-committee
  • 2019-07-29 Senate concurred
  • 2019-09-12 Hearing scheduled for 09/26/2019 from 11:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-1
  • 2019-10-02 Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
  • 2019-10-10 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
  • 2019-10-10 Rules suspended
  • 2019-10-10 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
  • 2019-12-09 Read third and passed to be engrossed reading-3
  • 2019-12-11 Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
  • 2020-01-30 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
  • 2020-01-30 Rules suspended
  • 2020-01-30 Read third and passed to be engrossed reading-3
  • 2020-02-05 Enacted passage
  • 2020-02-06 Enacted and laid before the Governor passage
  • 2020-02-14 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 22 of the Acts of 2020 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a7bd0f37-db52-48b0-a7cd-c220e7d49427. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).