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Bill An Act directing the city of Boston police department to waive the maximum age requirement for police officers for Ryan Cazeau By Representative MacGregor of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4740) of William F. MacGregor (with the approval of the mayor and city council) for legislation to authorize the appointment of Ryan Cazeau as a police officer in the city of Boston, notwithstanding the maximum age requirement. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.] us/states/ma Massachusetts General Court 194th H 4740 Massachusetts H 4740 (194th)
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Massachusetts H 4740 (194th) — An Act directing the city of Boston police department to waive the maximum age requirement for police officers for Ryan Cazeau

By Representative MacGregor of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4740) of William F. MacGregor (with the approval of the mayor and city council) for legislation to authorize the appointment of Ryan Cazeau as a police officer in the city of Boston, 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

  • William F. MacGregor — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-11-10 Referred to the committee on Public Service referral-committee
  • 2025-12-11 Senate concurred
  • 2026-01-17 Hearing scheduled for 01/27/2026 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1
  • 2026-01-27 Hearing rescheduled to 01/27/2026 from 01:00 PM-01:15 PM in B-1 and Virtual Hearing updated to New End Time
  • 2026-02-09 Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
  • 2026-02-19 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
  • 2026-02-19 Rules suspended
  • 2026-02-19 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
  • 2026-03-05 Read third and passed to be engrossed passage, reading-3
  • 2026-03-09 Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
  • 2026-03-26 Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  • 2026-03-26 Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed passage, reading-2, reading-3
  • 2026-03-30 Enacted passage
  • 2026-03-30 Enacted and laid before the Governor passage
  • 2026-03-30 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 50 of the Acts of 2026 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/81512330-1403-479f-81cf-c05fe51e3355. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).