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Bill An Act directing the city of Boston Police Department to waive the maximum age requirement for police officer Cherell Mellace By Mr. Rush, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1907) of Michael F. Rush (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 officer Cherell Mellace. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.] us/states/ma Massachusetts General Court 194th S 1907 Massachusetts S 1907 (194th)
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Massachusetts S 1907 (194th) — An Act directing the city of Boston Police Department to waive the maximum age requirement for police officer Cherell Mellace

By Mr. Rush, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1907) of Michael F. Rush (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 officer Cherell Mellace. 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

  • Michael F. Rush — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-02-27 Referred to the committee on Public Service referral-committee
  • 2025-02-27 House concurred
  • 2025-05-01 Hearing scheduled for 05/07/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1
  • 2025-10-27 Bill reported favorably by committee and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-11-13 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
  • 2025-12-18 Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  • 2025-12-18 Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed passage, reading-3
  • 2025-12-22 Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling referral-committee
  • 2026-01-22 Placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting (under the last sentence of Rule 7A) for a second reading
  • 2026-01-22 Rules suspended
  • 2026-01-22 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
  • 2026-02-05 Read third and passed to be engrossed passage, reading-3
  • 2026-02-09 Enacted passage
  • 2026-02-09 Enacted and laid before the Governor passage
  • 2026-02-18 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 27 of the Acts of 2026 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d8fabe2a-a9e6-4ebb-b94b-c4ae8364e118. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).