Senate approves Nantucket charter gender‑neutraling bill, clears three Boston Police age‑waiver bills and suspends a rule
March 26, 2026 | 2026 Legislature MA, Massachusetts
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The Senate approved final passage of an act to make the charter of the county of Nantucket gender neutral (House Bill 4504) and ordered several House bills related to age‑requirement waivers for the Boston Police Department to further action.
The chair called the question on House Bill 4504 and, after a voice vote, declared, "The ayes have it. The bill is passed," and said the measure will be signed by the president and laid before the governor for approbation. The proceeding on related House bills continued by unanimous consent, with the chamber ordering House Bill 3925 (pertaining to Mattapan and an applicant named in the record as Pierre Charles Darius) to third reading and taking up House Bill 4740 (to waive a maximum age requirement for Ryan Cuzzo) for third reading and engrossment.
A separate House bill identified in the record as House Bill 4572—described in the transcript with two spellings of the applicant's name, "Duomi Pamera" and, later, "Duomey Pamera"—was received from the House and ordered to be engrossed. The record shows voice votes and procedural calls, but does not record numerical roll‑call tallies for the passage or ordering of those measures.
The clerk reported seven petitions from the House seeking suspension of Joint Rule 12; the chamber voted to suspend Joint Rule 12 and referred the petitions to their respective committees.
Senator Fatman offered an order that, when the Senate adjourns, it meet again on Monday next at 11:00 a.m., and that the clerk be directed to dispense with printing a calendar. The chair called the question; the motion was approved by voice vote. The Senate then agreed to a motion to adjourn; the chair announced the chamber stood adjourned to meet Monday at 11:00 a.m.
The record is primarily procedural: actions were taken by voice votes and unanimous consent; where the transcript records speakers or applicants' names, spelling varies in places. The record does not include numerical vote counts or roll‑call results for the recorded approvals.
Next steps: the approved Nantucket charter amendment will be delivered to the governor for approbation and the referred petitions will be considered by the committees to which they were sent. The Senate will reconvene Monday at 11:00 a.m.
The chair called the question on House Bill 4504 and, after a voice vote, declared, "The ayes have it. The bill is passed," and said the measure will be signed by the president and laid before the governor for approbation. The proceeding on related House bills continued by unanimous consent, with the chamber ordering House Bill 3925 (pertaining to Mattapan and an applicant named in the record as Pierre Charles Darius) to third reading and taking up House Bill 4740 (to waive a maximum age requirement for Ryan Cuzzo) for third reading and engrossment.
A separate House bill identified in the record as House Bill 4572—described in the transcript with two spellings of the applicant's name, "Duomi Pamera" and, later, "Duomey Pamera"—was received from the House and ordered to be engrossed. The record shows voice votes and procedural calls, but does not record numerical roll‑call tallies for the passage or ordering of those measures.
The clerk reported seven petitions from the House seeking suspension of Joint Rule 12; the chamber voted to suspend Joint Rule 12 and referred the petitions to their respective committees.
Senator Fatman offered an order that, when the Senate adjourns, it meet again on Monday next at 11:00 a.m., and that the clerk be directed to dispense with printing a calendar. The chair called the question; the motion was approved by voice vote. The Senate then agreed to a motion to adjourn; the chair announced the chamber stood adjourned to meet Monday at 11:00 a.m.
The record is primarily procedural: actions were taken by voice votes and unanimous consent; where the transcript records speakers or applicants' names, spelling varies in places. The record does not include numerical vote counts or roll‑call results for the recorded approvals.
Next steps: the approved Nantucket charter amendment will be delivered to the governor for approbation and the referred petitions will be considered by the committees to which they were sent. The Senate will reconvene Monday at 11:00 a.m.
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