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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2993 FILED ON: 1/19/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2647
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
David Allen Robertson
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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 injured and incapacitated state-employed police officers.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:David Allen Robertson19th Middlesex1/19/2023Vanna Howard17th Middlesex2/1/2023 1 of 2
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2993 FILED ON: 1/19/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2647
By Representative Robertson of Tewksbury, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2647)
of David Allen Robertson and Vanna Howard relative to injured and incapacitated state-
employed police officers. 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 relative to injured and incapacitated state-employed police officers.
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 7 of chapter 4 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2014
2Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following new paragraph:-
3 “Sixtieth “Police officer”, “policeman”, or “permanent member of a police force”, shall
4include without limitation, any police officer appointed by the University of Massachusetts,
5Environmental police, Massport police, and campus police officers of the state colleges and
6universities.
7 SECTION 2. Section 94 of chapter 32, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting
8after the words “Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority,” the following words:- or of the
9University of Massachusetts police department, Environmental police, Massport police, and
10campus police officers of the state colleges and universities.
11 SECTION 3. Section 111F of chapter 41of the General Laws, is hereby amended by
12inserting after the word:- “General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport, and members 2 of 2
13of the Massachusetts military reservation fire department, for the purposes of this section the
14Massachusetts Port Authority and Massachusetts military reservation shall be fire districts,” the
15following:- The provisions of this section shall also apply in all aspects to any University of
16Massachusetts police officer, Environmental police, Massport police, and campus police officer
17of the state colleges and universities