# Massachusetts H 4632: An Act authorizing the town of Billerica to establish an age limit for original appointment to the position of police officer

Massachusetts H 4632, An Act authorizing the town of Billerica 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 Cindy F. Friedman (Democratic), Marc T. Lombardo (Republican); status signed, last action 2026-01-29 (Signed by the Governor, Chapter 7 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 4632
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act authorizing the town of Billerica to establish an age limit for original appointment to the position of police officer
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-10-20
- Last action: 2026-01-29, Signed by the Governor, Chapter 7 of the Acts of 2026
- Sponsors: Cindy F. Friedman (Democratic), Marc T. Lombardo (Republican)
- 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

- Billerica police age limit; veterans get extra years: mixed, high. This law sets an age limit for new Billerica police officers. You are not eligible if you are 40 or older on the exam date. Veterans can add their active-duty years, up to 4 years. No veteran can be older than 43 years and 364 days on the exam date. It applies only to original appointments in Bille…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Cindy F. Friedman (Democratic), Senate
- Sponsor: Marc T. Lombardo (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

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

## Actions (14)

- 2026-01-29: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 7 of the Acts of 2026
- 2026-01-20: Enacted and laid before the Governor (Senate)
- 2026-01-20: Enacted (House)
- 2026-01-15: Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed (Senate)
- 2026-01-15: Taken out of the Orders of the Day (Senate)
- 2025-12-29: Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session (Senate)
- 2025-12-24: Read third, amended and passed to be engrossed (House)
- 2025-12-15: Read second and ordered to a third reading (House)
- 2025-12-15: Rules suspended (House)
- 2025-12-15: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting (House)
- 2025-12-11: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling (House)
- 2025-11-20: Hearing scheduled for 11/20/2025 from 05:00 PM-05:00 PM in Written Testimony Only (legislature)
- 2025-10-23: Senate concurred (Senate)
- 2025-10-20: Referred to the committee on Public Service (House)

## Bill text

- Chapter 7 of the Acts of 2026, 2026-01-29: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4632.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 4755: An Act amending the means tested senior citizen property tax exemption in the town of Sudbury (signed)
- 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)

## Sources
- [Chapter 7 of the Acts of 2026 (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4632.pdf)

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- [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 4755: An Act amending the means tested senior citizen property tax exemption in the t…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4755-194)
- [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)
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