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H4031 • 2025

An Act increasing the age limit for retired police officers serving as special police officers in the town of Weston

An Act increasing the age limit for retired police officers serving as special police officers in the town of Weston

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This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Peisch, Alice Hanlon
Last action
2026-01-21
Official status
Signed by the Governor, Chapter 4 of the Acts of 2026
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act increasing the age limit for retired police officers serving as special police officers in the town of Weston

An Act increasing the age limit for retired police officers serving as special police officers in the town of Weston By Representative Peisch of Wellesley and Senator Barrett, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act increasing the age limit for retired police officers serving as special police officers in the town of Weston By Representative Peisch of Wellesley and Senator Barrett, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 4031) of Alice Hanlon Peisch (by vote of the town) relative to increasing the age limit for retired police officers serving as special police officers in the town of Weston.
  • Public Service.
  • [Local Approval Received.]

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-21 Executive

    Signed by the Governor, Chapter 4 of the Acts of 2026

  2. 2026-01-12 House

    Enacted

  3. 2026-01-12 Senate

    Enacted and laid before the Governor

  4. 2026-01-08 House

    House concurred in the Senate amendment

  5. 2025-12-15 House

    Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading

  6. 2025-12-11 Senate

    Taken out of the Orders of the Day

  7. 2025-12-11 Senate

    Read third

  8. 2025-12-11 Senate

    Amended (Barrett) by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S2860

  9. 2025-12-11 Senate

    Passed to be engrossed

  10. 2025-10-23 Senate

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  11. 2025-09-25 Senate

    Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session

  12. 2025-09-22 House

    Read third and passed to be engrossed

  13. 2025-08-28 House

    Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting

  14. 2025-08-28 House

    Rules suspended

  15. 2025-08-28 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  16. 2025-08-25 House

    Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

  17. 2025-05-08 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 05/12/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1

  18. 2025-04-17 Senate

    Senate concurred

  19. 2025-04-14 House

    Referred to the committee on Public Service

Official Summary Text

An Act increasing the age limit for retired police officers serving as special police officers in the town of Weston
By Representative Peisch of Wellesley and Senator Barrett, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4031) of Alice Hanlon Peisch (by vote of the town) relative to increasing the age limit for retired police officers serving as special police officers in the town of Weston. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.]

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.4031

SECTION 1. Chapter 74 of the acts of 2020, An Act Providing for the Appointment of Retired Police Officers as Special Police Officers in the Town of Weston, is hereby amended by striking out in section 7 the number "65" in both instances in which it appears and inserting in place thereof the number:- 70.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

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