HOUSE . . . . . . . . No. 4877
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, August 15, 2024.
The committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security, to whom
were referred the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2296) of
Antonio F. D. Cabral and others relative to enforcement of certain federal
law by sheriffs and employees of correctional institutions; the petition
(accompanied by bill, House, No. 2298) of Gerard J. Cassidy and Michelle
M. DuBois for legislation to require public safety vehicles to be equipped
with emergency thermal blankets; the petition (accompanied by bill,
House, No. 2300) of Rob Consalvo and Vanna Howard relative to fire
safety of state-owned buildings, structures and property; the petition
(accompanied by bill, House, No. 2310) of Marjorie C. Decker relative to
automatic sprinklers in certain older high rise buildings; the petition
(accompanied by bill, House, No. 2320) of Mindy Domb that the National
Guard provide written notice of activations to certain members of the
General Court; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2340) of
James K. Hawkins relative to primary enforcement of seatbelt violations;
the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2342) of Natalie M.
Higgins, Bradley H. Jones, Jr., and others that the crime laboratory within
the Department of the State Police conduct an audit of offender DNA
profiles included on the state DNA databank system; the petition
(accompanied by bill, House, No. 2343) of Natalie M. Higgins and Mindy
Domb that the State 911 Department publish on its website a statewide
disability indicator form; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
2373) of Jay D. Livingstone relative to the membership of the forensic
science oversight board; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
2395) of Jeffrey N. Roy, Paul McMurtry and others relative to establishing
a primary seat belt law; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
2398) of Lindsay N. Sabadosa and others relative to access to parole; and
the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3637) of David M. Rogers
relative to state police criminal intelligence information fusion centers,
reports recommending that the accompanying order (House, No. 4877)
ought to be adopted. For the committee,
CARLOS GONZĂLEZ. HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4877
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
House of Representatives, August 15, 2024.
Ordered, That the committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security be authorized to
sit during a recess of the General Court to make an investigation and study of House documents
numbered 2296, 2298, 2300, 2310, 2320, 2340, 2342, 2343, 2372, 2395, 2398 and 3637, relative
to fire safety, seatbelts, state DNA databank system, state police and other public safety and
homeland security issues.
Said committee shall report to the General Court the results of its investigation and study
and its recommendations, if any, together with drafts of legislation necessary to carry such
recommendations into effect, by filing the same with the Clerk of the House of Representatives
on or before December 31, 2024.