Bill
H 4388
The bill waives the maximum age requirement for Angela C. Depina to be eligible for original appointment as a Boston police officer if she meets all other standards.
Status snapshot
- Bill number: H 4388 (House Docket No. 4985)
- Author / Petitioner: Rep. Russell E. Holmes (6th Suffolk) — petition filed with approval of the Mayor and City Council of Boston
- Subject (document text): Waiver of maximum age requirement to permit Angela C. Depina to be eligible for original appointment as a Boston police officer
- Current procedural notes in docket: Referred to committee (Judiciary and/or Public Service in recorded actions), hearings scheduled for 09/10/2025; Senate concurred noted 08/11/2025 in the record. (See “Legislative Actions” below for dates recorded; the docket contains some inconsistent entries.)
Purpose and intent
- The bill’s sole purpose is to direct the Boston Police Department to waive the statutory maximum age requirement for original appointment to the police force in the specific case of Angela C. Depina, so that she may be certified for appointment if she satisfies all other department requirements.
Key provisions (text summary)
- Section 1: “Notwithstanding chapter 43 of the acts of 2007 or any other general or special law to the contrary,” the Boston Police Department must waive the maximum age requirement for original appointment for Angela C. Depina. If she meets all other department requirements, her name shall be eligible to be certified for original appointment to the position of police officer.
- Section 2: The act takes effect immediately upon passage.
Who/what is affected
- Direct/primary effect: Angela C. Depina — she would be permitted to take the civil service examination and be certified for original appointment despite exceeding the statutory maximum age.
- Administrative effect: Boston Police Department and any civil service certification processes that enforce the statutory maximum age for original appointment.
- Broader public effect: None substantive — this is a narrowly targeted, individual (local/special) relief measure and does not change general age rules for other applicants.
Procedural/timeline aspects
- Filed/Presented: House docket shows filing on 7/31/2025 and petition text; other docket entries show introduction/read first time 04/23/2025 (the record contains mixed dates).
- Referred to committee: Entries show referral to Committee on Judiciary (04/23/2025) and later to Committee on Public Service (08/07/2025).
- Hearings: Hearing scheduled/rescheduled for 09/10/2025 (times and virtual details in the docket).
- Other action: Record shows “Senate concurred” on 08/11/2025 (docket entries contain some inconsistencies that may reflect clerical duplication).
Notes and caveats
- This is a private/local relief bill that applies only to a named individual and does not alter the general statutory age requirement for other applicants.
- The docket also includes unrelated text concerning a South Carolina Medicaid bill (requiring a voluntary revocable living will form be offered during Medicaid application). That Medicaid text is not part of the Massachusetts H.4388 legislative language authorizing an age waiver for Angela C. Depina and appears to have been appended in error in the file provided.
- If enacted, the law would take effect upon passage and allow administrative certification of Ms. Depina provided she meets all other qualifications. No fiscal figures are included or implied in the bill text.
Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.
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