# Massachusetts H 4740: An Act directing the city of Boston police department to waive the maximum age requirement for police officers for Ryan Cazeau

Massachusetts H 4740, An Act directing the city of Boston police department to waive the maximum age requirement for police officers for Ryan Cazeau, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by William F. MacGregor (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-03-30 (Signed by the Governor, Chapter 50 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 4740
- 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 Ryan Cazeau
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-11-10
- Last action: 2026-03-30, Signed by the Governor, Chapter 50 of the Acts of 2026
- Sponsor: William F. MacGregor (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Public Service, House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 1 (9 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Boston waives police age limit for Ryan Cazeau: benefit, medium. The law makes the Boston Police Department waive its maximum hiring age for Ryan Cazeau. If he meets all other department hiring rules, the department must certify him for an original appointment as a police officer. This applies even if other laws, including Chapter 43 of the Acts of 2007, would n…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: William F. MacGregor (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-02-05 | committee | Committee Favorable: Favorable Report | pass | 9 | 0 |   |

## Actions (15)

- 2026-03-30: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 50 of the Acts of 2026
- 2026-03-30: Enacted and laid before the Governor (Senate)
- 2026-03-30: Enacted (House)
- 2026-03-26: Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed (Senate)
- 2026-03-26: Taken out of the Orders of the Day (Senate)
- 2026-03-09: Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session (Senate)
- 2026-03-05: Read third and passed to be engrossed (House)
- 2026-02-19: Read second and ordered to a third reading (House)
- 2026-02-19: Rules suspended (House)
- 2026-02-19: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting (House)
- 2026-02-09: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling (House)
- 2026-01-27: Hearing rescheduled to 01/27/2026 from 01:00 PM-01:15 PM in B-1 and Virtual<br> <span style="color: blue; font-style: italic;">Hearing updated to New End Time</span> (legislature)
- 2026-01-17: Hearing scheduled for 01/27/2026 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1 (legislature)
- 2025-12-11: Senate concurred (Senate)
- 2025-11-10: Referred to the committee on Public Service (House)

## Bill text

- Chapter 50 of the Acts of 2026, 2026-03-30: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4740.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 50 of the Acts of 2026 (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4740.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4740-194 (as of 2026-11-01).