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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3268 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1657 |
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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 | | John J. Mahoney |
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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 relative to strengthening the penalty for assault or assault and battery on an emergency |
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| 13 | 13 | | medical technician, ambulance operator, ambulance attendant or health care provider. |
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| 14 | 14 | | _______________ |
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| 15 | 15 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 16 | 16 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:John J. Mahoney13th Worcester1/19/2023 1 of 1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3268 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 18 | 18 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1657 |
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| 19 | 19 | | By Representative Mahoney of Worcester, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1657) of |
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| 20 | 20 | | John J. Mahoney relative to strengthening the penalty for assault or assault and battery on an |
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| 21 | 21 | | emergency medical technician, ambulance operator, ambulance attendant or health care provider. |
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| 22 | 22 | | The Judiciary. |
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| 23 | 23 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 24 | 24 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 1888 OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 25 | 25 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 26 | 26 | | _______________ |
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| 27 | 27 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 28 | 28 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 29 | 29 | | _______________ |
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| 30 | 30 | | An Act relative to strengthening the penalty for assault or assault and battery on an emergency |
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| 31 | 31 | | medical technician, ambulance operator, ambulance attendant or health care provider. |
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| 32 | 32 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 33 | 33 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 34 | 34 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 13I of Chapter 265 of the General Laws as appearing in the 2020 |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 4, the words "treating or transporting |
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| 36 | 36 | | 3a person". |
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| 37 | 37 | | 4 SECTION 2. Section 13I of Chapter 265 of the General Laws as appearing in the 2020 |
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| 38 | 38 | | 5Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 5 and 6, the words "house of |
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| 39 | 39 | | 6correction for not less than 90 days nor more than 2 and one-half years or by a fine of not less |
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| 40 | 40 | | 7than $500 nor more than $5,000, or both." and inserting in place thereof the following words: |
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| 41 | 41 | | 8"state prison for not more than five years, or by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for |
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| 42 | 42 | | 9not more than two and one-half years." |
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