# Massachusetts H 3916: An Act to authorize the city of Westfield to establish an age limit for original appointment to the position of police officer

Massachusetts H 3916, An Act to authorize the city of Westfield to establish an age limit for original appointment to the position of police officer, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Kelly W. Pease (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-12-22 (Signed by the Governor, Chapter 89 of the Acts of 2025); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts H 3916
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act to authorize the city of Westfield to establish an age limit for original appointment to the position of police officer
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-03-17
- Last action: 2025-12-22, Signed by the Governor, Chapter 89 of the Acts of 2025
- Sponsor: Kelly W. Pease (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Public Service, House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 1 (10 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Westfield police hiring capped at 40: cost, high. The law sets an age limit for new Westfield police officers. If you have reached your 40th birthday on the exam date, you cannot be certified for original appointment (placed on the hiring list). This applies only to original appointments and to exams given on or after the law takes effect. The law…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Kelly W. Pease (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-08-08 | committee | Committee Favorable: Public Service Matters | pass | 10 | 0 |   |

## Actions (15)

- 2025-12-22: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 89 of the Acts of 2025
- 2025-12-11: Enacted and laid before the Governor (Senate)
- 2025-12-11: Enacted (House)
- 2025-12-08: Read third and passed to be engrossed (Senate)
- 2025-12-08: Taken out of the Orders of the Day (Senate)
- 2025-11-13: Read second and ordered to a third reading (Senate)
- 2025-10-27: Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session (Senate)
- 2025-10-23: Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed (House)
- 2025-09-29: Read second and ordered to a third reading (House)
- 2025-09-29: Rules suspended (House)
- 2025-09-29: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading (House)
- 2025-08-25: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling (House)
- 2025-05-08: Hearing scheduled for 05/12/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1 (legislature)
- 2025-04-17: Senate concurred (Senate)
- 2025-03-17: Referred to the committee on Public Service (House)

## Bill text

- Chapter 89 of the Acts of 2025, 2025-12-22: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H3916.pdf)

## Related bills

- H 4585: An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax abatements (signed)
- H 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police chief Neal Hovey (passed senate)
- H 5515: An Act to increase the value of estates eligible for abatements pursuant to M.G.L. chapter 59, section 5, clauses seventeenth D and forty-first C in the town o… (passed house)
- H 3909: An Act authorizing the Provincetown year-round market rate rental housing trust to acquire year-round housing occupancy restrictions (signed)
- H 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nicholas Spinale (second reading)
- H 5520: An Act exempting George Patrinos from the maximum age requirement age for the position of firefighter in the town of Dudley (signed)

## Sources
- [Chapter 89 of the Acts of 2025 (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H3916.pdf)

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- [H 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police ch…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5435-194)
- [H 5515: An Act to increase the value of estates eligible for abatements pursuant to M.G…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5515-194)
- [H 3909: An Act authorizing the Provincetown year-round market rate rental housing trust…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H3909-194)
- [H 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nichola…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5429-194)
- [H 5520: An Act exempting George Patrinos from the maximum age requirement age for the p…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5520-194)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H3916-194 (as of 2026-11-01).