Massachusetts legislation · 194th General Court
Massachusetts H4443: An Act relative to the maximum age requirement for original appointment to the position of firefighter or police officer
Status: Passed one chamber, July 9, 2026
What the bill says
From the introduced text, August 21, 2025:
SECTION 1. Notwithstanding section 58A of chapter 31 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, no person shall be eligible to have their name certified for original appointment to the position of firefighter or police officer in the city of Haverhill if such person has reached their 40th birthday on the date of the entrance examination. SECTION 2. This act shall only apply to competitive exams administered on or after the effective date of this act. SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Sponsors
- Andres Vargas (D) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Read second and ordered to a third reading
- : Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
- : Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed
- : Read second and ordered to a third reading
- : Rules suspended
- : Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
- : Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
- : Reported on the residue of H5398
- : Reported from the committee on House Rules
- : Accompanied a study order, see H5398 (under House Rule 27)
Common questions
- What is H4443?
- H4443 is a bill in the Massachusetts Legislature (194th General Court): An Act relative to the maximum age requirement for original appointment to the position of firefighter or police officer.
- What is the status of H4443?
- Passed one chamber as of July 9, 2026. Latest action: Read second and ordered to a third reading (July 9, 2026).
- Who sponsored H4443?
- Andres Vargas (D).
- Where is the official record for H4443?
- On the Massachusetts Legislature website: https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4443
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