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H 4349

Maribeth Werts

2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by Terry Alexander and 122 co-sponsors

Waives Boston Police Department's max age for original appointment for Luis Cabral; if he meets all other requirements, he may be certified. Local/private relief.

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Bill Summary · H 4349

Summary — H.4349 (House Docket No. 4957)

Title: An Act directing the City of Boston Police Department to waive the maximum age requirement for police officers for Luis Cabral

Purpose

To authorize the City of Boston Police Department to waive the statutory maximum age for original appointment to the Boston Police Department in the case of a named individual, Luis Cabral, so that if he otherwise meets the department’s requirements his name may be certified for original appointment as a police officer.

Key provisions

  • Section 1: Notwithstanding any general or special law (explicitly including Chapter 43 of the Acts of 2007), the City of Boston Police Department shall waive the maximum age requirement for original appointment for Luis Cabral. If he meets all other Boston Police Department requirements, his name shall be eligible to be certified for original appointment as a police officer.
  • Section 2: Severability clause — if any provision is held invalid, the remainder remains in effect.
  • Section 3: Act takes effect upon passage.

Who is affected

  • Primary beneficiary: Luis Cabral (the waiver applies only to this named individual).
  • Implementing agency: City of Boston Police Department — required to waive the age maximum in this specific case and proceed with certification if other qualifications are met.
  • No broad change to statewide appointment rules or other applicants; this is a private/local relief measure directed at one individual.

Fiscal and policy impact

  • Fiscal impact: Likely minimal and localized. The bill does not appropriate funds or change pay/benefits.
  • Policy effect: Overrides an age-limit eligibility rule for a single appointment; does not alter general law for other applicants.

Procedural status and timeline

  • Filed/House docketed: 7/24/2025 (House Docket No. 4957).
  • Introduced by Rep. Rob Consalvo (14th Suffolk) with local approval from Boston’s mayor and city council.
  • Referred to Committee on Public Service: 7/28/2025.
  • Senate concurred: 7/31/2025.
  • Hearing scheduled/rescheduled: public/virtual hearing listed for 09/10/2025.
  • The act states it takes effect upon passage.

Notes / Observations

  • This is a narrowly tailored, individual relief bill (sometimes called a “local or private bill”) permitting a single named person to bypass a statutory age limit for police appointment.
  • The bill text file includes unrelated resolution language honoring Mary Elizabeth “Maribeth” Rollings Werts (a South Carolina House resolution). That text appears extraneous to H.4349 and pertains to a different legislative body and subject.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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