# Massachusetts H 4031: An Act increasing the age limit for retired police officers serving as special police officers in the town of Weston Massachusetts H 4031, An Act increasing the age limit for retired police officers serving as special police officers in the town of Weston, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Alice Hanlon Peisch (Democratic), Michael J. Barrett (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-01-21 (Signed by the Governor, Chapter 4 of the Acts of 2026); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4031-194 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Massachusetts H 4031 - State: Massachusetts - Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026) - Title: An Act increasing the age limit for retired police officers serving as special police officers in the town of Weston - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-04-14 - Last action: 2026-01-21, Signed by the Governor, Chapter 4 of the Acts of 2026 - Sponsors: Alice Hanlon Peisch (Democratic), Michael J. Barrett (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: Public Service, House Steering, Policy and Scheduling, Bills in the Third Reading - 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 - Retired Weston police can serve until 70: benefit, low. The law raises the maximum age for retired police to serve as special police officers in Weston from 65 to 70. Retired officers can be appointed as special police officers up to age 70 in the Town of Weston. This law takes effect immediately upon passage. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Alice Hanlon Peisch (Democratic), House - Sponsor: Michael J. Barrett (Democratic), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-08-08 | committee | Committee Favorable: Public Service Matters | pass | 10 | 0 | | ## Actions (19) - 2026-01-21: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 4 of the Acts of 2026 - 2026-01-12: Enacted and laid before the Governor (Senate) - 2026-01-12: Enacted (House) - 2026-01-08: House concurred in the Senate amendment (House) - 2025-12-15: Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading (House) - 2025-12-11: Passed to be engrossed (Senate) - 2025-12-11: Amended (Barrett) by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S2860 (Senate) - 2025-12-11: Read third (Senate) - 2025-12-11: Taken out of the Orders of the Day (Senate) - 2025-10-23: Read second and ordered to a third reading (Senate) - 2025-09-25: Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session (Senate) - 2025-09-22: Read third and passed to be engrossed (House) - 2025-08-28: Read second and ordered to a third reading (House) - 2025-08-28: Rules suspended (House) - 2025-08-28: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting (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) - 2025-04-14: Referred to the committee on Public Service (House) ## Bill text - Chapter 4 of the Acts of 2026, 2026-01-21: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4031.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 4 of the Acts of 2026 (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4031.pdf) ## Related - [H 4585: An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax aba…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4585-194) - [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) - [Massachusetts bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/massachusetts/bills) - [Massachusetts state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/massachusetts) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4031-194 (as of 2026-11-01).