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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 600 FILED ON: 1/13/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2422
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Steven George Xiarhos
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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 relative to the security of exercise equipment and free weights in correctional
institutions.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Steven George Xiarhos5th Barnstable1/13/2023Joseph D. McKenna18th Worcester1/30/2023Michael J. Soter8th Worcester1/30/2023Paul K. Frost7th Worcester1/30/2023Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.12th Hampden1/30/2023Rodney M. Elliott16th Middlesex1/30/2023Susan Williams Gifford2nd Plymouth1/30/2023Steven S. Howitt4th Bristol1/30/2023Kimberly N. Ferguson1st Worcester1/30/2023Todd M. Smola1st Hampden1/31/2023Kelly W. Pease4th Hampden1/31/2023Hannah Kane11th Worcester1/31/2023Angelo L. D'Emilia8th Plymouth1/31/2023Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr.28th Middlesex1/31/2023Kathleen R. LaNatra12th Plymouth2/1/2023Marcus S. Vaughn9th Norfolk2/1/2023Paul McMurtry11th Norfolk2/2/2023 2 of 2
David K. Muradian, Jr.9th Worcester2/6/2023James K. Hawkins2nd Bristol2/8/2023David T. Vieira3rd Barnstable2/9/2023David F. DeCoste5th Plymouth2/9/2023Peter J. Durant6th Worcester2/9/2023F. Jay Barrows1st Bristol2/9/2023Jeffrey Rosario Turco19th Suffolk2/13/2023Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr.5th Worcester2/15/2023Brian W. Murray10th Worcester2/17/2023Anne M. GobiWorcester and Hampshire2/21/2023 1 of 1
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 600 FILED ON: 1/13/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2422
By Representative Xiarhos of Barnstable, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2422) of
Steven George Xiarhos and others relative to the security of exercise equipment and free weights
in correctional institutions. Public Safety and Homeland Security.
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 relative to the security of exercise equipment and free weights in correctional
institutions.
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. This Act shall be commonly known as "Matt's Law".
2 SECTION 2. Section 14 of Chapter 125 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018
3Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting at the end thereof the following sentence:- The
4superintendent shall be responsible for ensuring that any and all exercise equipment accessible
5by inmates is secured in order to prevent its removal and that no inmate in a medium-security or
6maximum-security correctional institution has access to any free weights.