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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1474 FILED ON: 1/18/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2412
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Erika Uyterhoeven
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act to increase oversight of the Massachusetts State Police through stringent budget
accounting and regulation of overtime reporting.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Erika Uyterhoeven27th Middlesex1/17/2023 1 of 2
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1474 FILED ON: 1/18/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2412
By Representative Uyterhoeven of Somerville, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
2412) of Erika Uyterhoeven for legislation to increase oversight of the Massachusetts State
Police through stringent budget accounting and regulation of overtime reporting. Public Safety
and Homeland Security.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2534 OF 2021-2022.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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An Act to increase oversight of the Massachusetts State Police through stringent budget
accounting and regulation of overtime reporting.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 SECTION 1. Section 17 of chapter 22C of the Massachusetts General Laws is hereby
2amended by inserting after the first sentence, inclusive, the following:-
3 This statement shall include an itemized list of projected expenses, including but not
4limited to: labor costs, pension and employee benefit costs, equipment costs, weapons purchases,
5fuel purchases, vehicle purchases, and all other expenditures that arise from being included under
6“Department of State Police and Related Programs” Direct Appropriations 8100-1001, as well as
7any budget item where the requested expense is greater than $50,000 in a given fiscal year. 2 of 2
8 SECTION 2. Section 18 of said chapter 22C is hereby amended by striking the first
9paragraph, inclusive, and inserting in place thereof the following :-
10 The colonel may, in the event of any public emergency, or of any unusual demand for the
11services of members of the state police serving in any bureau of the department, or whenever he
12deems it in the public interest, require such members to work additional hours of duty and
13prevent such members from taking time off when entitled thereto, or at the time assigned
14therefor; provided, however, that such members shall be compensated for any additional work in
15accordance with the provision of section thirty C of chapter one hundred and forty-nine. All
16allocations of overtime shall be subject to review by the Office of the Inspector General for
17supervision. The colonel shall furnish copies of all employee overtime reports to the Office of
18the Inspector General annually, not after January 31st for the previous year’s reports, beginning
19January 31, 2026. Additionally, any employee of the Department of State Police who is found by
20a supervisor or other employee, by a preponderance of the evidence, to have falsified,
21fraudulently submitted, or otherwise purposely misrepresented information on any documents
22pertaining to overtime payment for hours worked shall be suspended from the Department of
23State Police until an investigation is conducted by the Office of the Inspector General. If the
24employee is found to have falsified any overtime documentation, they shall be terminated from
25the Department of State Police, effective immediately and suffer a loss of pension. Any
26employee of the Department of State Police, having previously been found by said Department
27to have falsified overtime payment reports, shall be immediately terminated, barred from future
28employment with the Department of State Police, and suffer a loss of pension.