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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 600 FILED ON: 1/13/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2422 |
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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 | | Steven George Xiarhos |
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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 the security of exercise equipment and free weights in correctional |
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| 13 | 13 | | institutions. |
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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: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 |
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| 17 | 17 | | 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 |
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| 18 | 18 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 600 FILED ON: 1/13/2023 |
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| 19 | 19 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2422 |
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| 20 | 20 | | By Representative Xiarhos of Barnstable, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2422) of |
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| 21 | 21 | | Steven George Xiarhos and others relative to the security of exercise equipment and free weights |
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| 22 | 22 | | in correctional institutions. Public Safety and Homeland Security. |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act relative to the security of exercise equipment and free weights in correctional |
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| 29 | 29 | | institutions. |
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| 30 | 30 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 31 | 31 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 32 | 32 | | 1 SECTION 1. This Act shall be commonly known as "Matt's Law". |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2 SECTION 2. Section 14 of Chapter 125 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018 |
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| 34 | 34 | | 3Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting at the end thereof the following sentence:- The |
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| 35 | 35 | | 4superintendent shall be responsible for ensuring that any and all exercise equipment accessible |
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| 36 | 36 | | 5by inmates is secured in order to prevent its removal and that no inmate in a medium-security or |
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| 37 | 37 | | 6maximum-security correctional institution has access to any free weights. |
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