Massachusetts legislation · 194th General Court
Massachusetts H4255: An Act directing the city of Boston police department to waive the maximum age requirement for police officers for Jonathan Telfort
Status: Signed into law, July 7, 2026
What the bill says
From the introduced text, July 7, 2025:
SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, including the provisions of Chapter 43 of the Acts of 2007, the City of Boston Police Department shall waive the maximum age requirement for original appointment of police officers for Jonathan Telfort. If Jonathan Telfort meets all other requirements set forth by the Boston Police Department, he shall be eligible to have his name certified for original appointment to the position of police officer. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Sponsors
- Fluker-Reid, Brandy (D, 12th Suffolk) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Signed by the Governor, Chapter 132 of the Acts of 2026
- : Enacted and laid before the Governor
- : Enacted
- : Read third and passed to be engrossed
- : Taken out of the Orders of the Day
- : Read second and ordered to a third reading
- : Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
- : Read third and passed to be engrossed
- : Read second and ordered to a third reading
- : Rules suspended
Votes
- Committee Vote - Joint Committee on Public Service (December 8, 2025): 8 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is H4255?
- H4255 is a bill in the Massachusetts Legislature (194th General Court): An Act directing the city of Boston police department to waive the maximum age requirement for police officers for Jonathan Telfort.
- What is the status of H4255?
- Signed into law as of July 7, 2026. Latest action: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 132 of the Acts of 2026 (July 7, 2026).
- Who sponsored H4255?
- Fluker-Reid, Brandy (D, 12th Suffolk).
- Where is the official record for H4255?
- On the Massachusetts Legislature website: https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4255
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