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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2252 FILED ON: 1/19/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2589
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Jay D. Livingstone
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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 providing fair and equitable line of duty death benefits for public employees.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Jay D. Livingstone8th Suffolk1/18/2023 1 of 2
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2252 FILED ON: 1/19/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2589
By Representative Livingstone of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2589) of
Jay D. Livingstone relative to line of duty death benefits for certain public employees. Public
Service.
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 providing fair and equitable line of duty death benefits for public employees.
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 100A of Chapter 32 is hereby amended by striking subsection (c) in its entirety
2and replacing it with the following:
3 (c) The killed in the line of duty benefit shall be a 1-time payment of $300,000 to the
4family of a deceased public employee. As used in this section deceased public employee shall
5mean any public employee working for state or county government, a Massachusetts public
6higher education institution, a municipality, public school department, or public school district or
7public authority who, while in the performance of his/her duties and as a result of incident,
8accident or violence, was killed or sustained injuries which were the direct and proximate cause
9of his/her death.
10 Section 100A of Chapter 32 is further amended in subsection (d) by replacing each
11occurrence of the words “public safety employee” in this subsection with the words “public
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13 Section 16 of Chapter 15A is hereby amended by inserting after the word "corrections
14officer" the following words: - any public employee working for state or county government, a
15Massachusetts public higher education institution, a municipality, public school department, or
16public school district or public authority