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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1898 FILED ON: 1/18/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1568 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Daniel J. Hunt |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act to increase the safety of courthouses. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Daniel J. Hunt13th Suffolk1/18/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1898 FILED ON: 1/18/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1568 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Hunt of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1568) of Daniel |
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| 19 | 19 | | J. Hunt for legislation to increase the safety of courthouses. The Judiciary. |
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| 20 | 20 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 1894 OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 22 | 22 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 23 | 23 | | _______________ |
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| 24 | 24 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 26 | 26 | | _______________ |
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| 27 | 27 | | An Act to increase the safety of courthouses. |
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| 28 | 28 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 29 | 29 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 30 | 30 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 10 of chapter 269 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2010 |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following subsection after subsection (o) :- |
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| 32 | 32 | | 3 (p) Whoever, not being a law enforcement officer in the performance of his official |
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| 33 | 33 | | 4duties, and notwithstanding any license obtained by him under the provisions of chapter one |
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| 34 | 34 | | 5hundred and forty, carries on his person a firearm as hereinafter defined, loaded or unloaded, in a |
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| 35 | 35 | | 6courthouse without written authorization of the trial court administrator and trial court chief |
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| 36 | 36 | | 7justice shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for |
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| 37 | 37 | | 8not more than one year or both. For the purpose of this paragraph, “firearm” shall mean any |
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| 38 | 38 | | 9pistol, revolver, rifle, or smoothbore arm from which a shot, bullet, or pellet can be discharged |
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| 39 | 39 | | 10by whatever means. 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 11 Whoever, not being a law enforcement officer in the performance of his official duties, |
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| 41 | 41 | | 12and notwithstanding any license obtained by him under the provisions of chapter one hundred |
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| 42 | 42 | | 13and forty, carries on his person a firearm as hereinafter defined, loaded or unloaded, in a |
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| 43 | 43 | | 14courthouse with the intent to use said firearm during the commission of a crime shall be punished |
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| 44 | 44 | | 15by imprisonment in the state prison nor more than five years or for not more than two and a half |
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| 45 | 45 | | 16years in a jail or house of correction or by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars or by |
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| 46 | 46 | | 17both imprisonment. For the purpose of this paragraph, “firearm” shall mean any pistol, revolver, |
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| 47 | 47 | | 18rifle, or smoothbore arm from which a shot, bullet, or pellet can be discharged by whatever |
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| 48 | 48 | | 19means. |
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| 49 | 49 | | 20 Notice of the provisions of subsections (p) shall be posted conspicuously at each public |
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| 50 | 50 | | 21entrance to each courthouse. |
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