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Bill	An Act authorizing the city of Leominster to establish an age limit for original appointment to the position of police officer	By Representative Higgins of Leominster and Senator Cronin, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2555) of Natalie M. Higgins and John J. Cronin (with the approval of the mayor and city council) that the city of Leominster be authorized to establish an age limit for original appointment to the position of police officer in said city. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.]	us/states/ma	Massachusetts General Court	193rd	H 2555	Massachusetts H 2555 (193rd)	bill		enacted		1	15	0	2023-02-16	2024-01-08	openstates	ocd-bill/b9a8952a-fe0d-48b4-875a-7c64d2bb93c9	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/H2555	2941ecf267a754ce04dbf065670688ed8a454abe7fa3deafc7570e2165f6ac47	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ma

Massachusetts H 2555 (193rd) — An Act authorizing the city of Leominster to establish an age limit for original appointment to the position of police officer

By Representative Higgins of Leominster and Senator Cronin, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2555) of Natalie M. Higgins and John J. Cronin (with the approval of the mayor and city council) that the city of Leominster be authorized to establish an age limit for original appointment to the position of 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

• John J. Cronin — cosponsor (person)
• Natalie M. Higgins — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-16 Referred to the committee on Public Service referral-committee
• 2023-02-16 Senate concurred
• 2023-03-29 Hearing scheduled for 04/04/2023 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-1
• 2023-06-20 Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-07-06 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
• 2023-07-06 Rules supended
• 2023-07-06 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
• 2023-09-07 Read third and passed to be engrossed passage, reading-3
• 2023-09-11 Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
• 2023-10-19 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
• 2023-12-28 Taken out of the Orders of the Day
• 2023-12-28 Read third and passed to be engrossed passage, reading-3
• 2024-01-02 Enacted passage
• 2024-01-02 Enacted and laid before the Governor passage
• 2024-01-08 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 89 of the Acts of 2023 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b9a8952a-fe0d-48b4-875a-7c64d2bb93c9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).