# Massachusetts H 4718: An Act relative to the maximum age requirement for police officers in the city of Newton

Massachusetts H 4718, An Act relative to the maximum age requirement for police officers in the city of Newton, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Amy Mah Sangiolo (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-06-05 (Signed by the Governor, Chapter 92 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 4718
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act relative to the maximum age requirement for police officers in the city of Newton
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-11-06
- Last action: 2026-06-05, Signed by the Governor, Chapter 92 of the Acts of 2026
- Sponsor: Amy Mah Sangiolo (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 3
- 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

- Age limit for Newton police applicants: mixed, high. To be certified for your first Newton police job, you must be under 39 on the exam date. Veterans can subtract up to 4 years of active-duty service from their age for this limit. If your adjusted age is 39 or older, you cannot be certified.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Amy Mah Sangiolo (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Cynthia Stone Creem (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Greg Schwartz (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: John J. Lawn Jr. (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-01-09 | committee | Committee Favorable: Favorable Report | pass | 10 | 0 |   |

## Actions (15)

- 2026-06-05: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 92 of the Acts of 2026
- 2026-05-28: Enacted and laid before the Governor (Senate)
- 2026-05-28: Enacted (House)
- 2026-05-26: Read third and passed to be engrossed (Senate)
- 2026-05-26: Taken out of the Orders of the Day (Senate)
- 2026-04-09: Read second and ordered to a third reading (Senate)
- 2026-03-30: Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session (Senate)
- 2026-03-26: Read third and passed to be engrossed (House)
- 2026-02-26: Read second and ordered to a third reading (House)
- 2026-02-26: Rules suspended (House)
- 2026-02-26: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting (House)
- 2026-02-02: 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)
- 2025-11-10: Senate concurred (Senate)
- 2025-11-06: Referred to the committee on Public Service (House)

## Bill text

- Chapter 92 of the Acts of 2026, 2026-06-05: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4718.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 92 of the Acts of 2026 (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4718.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4718-194 (as of 2026-11-01).