# Massachusetts H 4255: An Act directing the city of Boston police department to waive the maximum age requirement for police officers for Jonathan Telfort

Massachusetts H 4255, An Act directing the city of Boston police department to waive the maximum age requirement for police officers for Jonathan Telfort, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Brandy Fluker-Reid (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-07-07 (Signed by the Governor, Chapter 132 of the Acts of 2026); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts H 4255
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act directing the city of Boston police department to waive the maximum age requirement for police officers for Jonathan Telfort
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-07-07
- Last action: 2026-07-07, Signed by the Governor, Chapter 132 of the Acts of 2026
- Sponsor: Brandy Fluker-Reid (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Public Service, House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 1 (8 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Boston police age cap waived for Jonathan Telfort: benefit, low. The law requires the Boston Police Department to waive its maximum age limit for Jonathan Telfort. He must still meet all other hiring rules for original appointment. If he meets those rules, his name can be certified for appointment as a police officer. This waiver applies only to Jonathan Telfort…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Brandy Fluker-Reid (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-12-08 | committee | Committee Favorable: Favorable Report | pass | 8 | 0 |   |

## Actions (16)

- 2026-07-07: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 132 of the Acts of 2026
- 2026-07-01: Enacted and laid before the Governor (Senate)
- 2026-07-01: Enacted (House)
- 2026-06-29: Read third and passed to be engrossed (Senate)
- 2026-06-29: Taken out of the Orders of the Day (Senate)
- 2026-02-26: Read second and ordered to a third reading (Senate)
- 2026-02-09: Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session (Senate)
- 2026-02-05: Read third and passed to be engrossed (House)
- 2025-12-31: Read second and ordered to a third reading (House)
- 2025-12-31: Rules suspended (House)
- 2025-12-31: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting (House)
- 2025-12-29: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling (House)
- 2025-09-10: Hearing rescheduled to 09/10/2025 from 01:00 PM-01:30 PM in A-1 and Virtual<br> <span style="color: blue; font-style: italic;">Hearing updated to New End Time</span> (legislature)
- 2025-09-03: Hearing scheduled for 09/10/2025 from 1:00 PM-4:00 PM in A-1 (legislature)
- 2025-07-10: Senate concurred (Senate)
- 2025-07-07: Referred to the committee on Public Service (House)

## Bill text

- Chapter 132 of the Acts of 2026, 2026-07-07: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4255.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 5520: An Act exempting George Patrinos from the maximum age requirement age for the position of firefighter in the town of Dudley (signed)
- H 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nicholas Spinale (second reading)

## Sources
- [Chapter 132 of the Acts of 2026 (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4255.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4255-194 (as of 2026-11-01).