# Massachusetts S 1830: An Act authorizing the town of Brookfield to continue employment of Herb Chaffee beyond the age of 65

Massachusetts S 1830, An Act authorizing the town of Brookfield to continue employment of Herb Chaffee beyond the age of 65, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by Peter J. Durant (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-11-19 (Signed by the Governor, Chapter 64 of the Acts of 2025); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts S 1830
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act authorizing the town of Brookfield to continue employment of Herb Chaffee beyond the age of 65
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-27
- Last action: 2025-11-19, Signed by the Governor, Chapter 64 of the Acts of 2025
- Sponsor: Peter J. Durant (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Public Service, House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
- Touches household money: yes
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Herb Chaffee works past 65, pension set: mixed, high. Herbert A. Chaffee, II can keep serving as a Brookfield firefighter until February 23, 2030. He can stop earlier if he retires or the select board relieves him. He must be mentally and physically able to do the job. The town may require a fitness exam by an impartial doctor it chooses, and the town…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Peter J. Durant (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Donald R. Berthiaume Jr. (Republican), House

## Actions (15)

- 2025-11-19: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 64 of the Acts of 2025
- 2025-11-13: Enacted and laid before the Governor (Senate)
- 2025-11-12: Enacted (House)
- 2025-11-10: Read third and passed to be engrossed (House)
- 2025-10-20: Read second and ordered to a third reading (House)
- 2025-10-20: Rules suspended (House)
- 2025-10-20: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting (House)
- 2025-09-22: Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling (House)
- 2025-09-18: Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed (Senate)
- 2025-09-18: Taken out of the Orders of the Day (Senate)
- 2025-07-24: Read second and ordered to a third reading (Senate)
- 2025-06-30: Bill reported favorably by committee and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session (Senate)
- 2025-05-01: Hearing scheduled for 05/07/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1 (legislature)
- 2025-02-27: House concurred (House)
- 2025-02-27: Referred to the committee on Public Service (Senate)

## Bill text

- Chapter 64 of the Acts of 2025, 2025-11-19: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S1830.pdf)

## Related bills

- H 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police chief Neal Hovey (passed senate)
- H 4585: An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax abatements (signed)
- 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 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)
- H 3909: An Act authorizing the Provincetown year-round market rate rental housing trust to acquire year-round housing occupancy restrictions (signed)

## Sources
- [Chapter 64 of the Acts of 2025 (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S1830.pdf)

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- [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 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 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)
- [H 3909: An Act authorizing the Provincetown year-round market rate rental housing trust…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H3909-194)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-S1830-194 (as of 2026-11-01).