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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 825 FILED ON: 1/17/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2541
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Danielle W. Gregoire
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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 residency.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Danielle W. Gregoire4th Middlesex1/17/2023Vanna Howard17th Middlesex1/31/2023Steven Ultrino33rd Middlesex1/31/2023Susannah M. Whipps2nd Franklin1/31/2023Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.12th Hampden1/31/2023James K. Hawkins2nd Bristol1/31/2023Carol A. Doherty3rd Bristol1/31/2023Jack Patrick Lewis7th Middlesex1/31/2023Marc R. PachecoThird Bristol and Plymouth1/31/2023Gerard J. Cassidy9th Plymouth1/31/2023Ryan M. Hamilton15th Essex1/31/2023Erika Uyterhoeven27th Middlesex2/1/2023Rodney M. Elliott16th Middlesex2/9/2023Paul McMurtry11th Norfolk2/9/2023Daniel Cahill10th Essex2/21/2023 1 of 1
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 825 FILED ON: 1/17/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2541
By Representative Gregoire of Marlborough, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2541)
of Danielle W. Gregoire and others relative to residency requirements for certain public safety
officials in cities and towns. Public Service.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2665 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 relative to residency.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 Chapter 41 Section 99A of the General Laws as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition is
2hereby amended by striking the section in its entirety and replacing it with the following new
3section;
4 Section 99A. Any member of the regular police or fire department and fire alarm division
5of a city or town appointed subsequent to August first, nineteen hundred and seventy eight who
6is not subject to chapter 31 shall reside within fifteen miles of the limits of said city or town. Said
7distance shall be measured from the closest border limits of said city or town in which said
8member is employed to the closest border limits of the city or town in which said member lives;
9provided however, a city or town may increase the fifteen mile residency limit under a collective
10bargaining agreement negotiated in accordance with chapter 150E.