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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1350 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1505 |
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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 | | Sal N. DiDomenico |
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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 fire safety education in schools and colleges. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Sal N. DiDomenicoMiddlesex and SuffolkMichael J. BarrettThird Middlesex1/27/2023Jacob R. OliveiraHampden, Hampshire and Worcester2/9/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1350 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1505 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Mr. DiDomenico, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1505) of Sal N. DiDomenico, |
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| 19 | 19 | | Michael J. Barrett and Jacob R. Oliveira for legislation relative to fire safety education in schools |
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| 20 | 20 | | and colleges. Public Safety and Homeland Security. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE SENATE, NO. 1570 OF 2021-2022.] |
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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 fire safety education in schools and colleges. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 SECTION 1. Chapter 15A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following section:- “Section 46. Establishment of a fire |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3safety curriculum. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following term shall, unless the |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meaning:- “Institute of higher education”, |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5all postsecondary institutions including (i) the system of public institutions of higher education, |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6established in section 5; (ii) private occupational schools, as defined in section 263 of chapter |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7112; and (iii) private colleges, universities and other institutions of higher learning. |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8 (b) All institutes of higher education shall require students to complete a comprehensive |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9fire safety curriculum from an expert source. The curriculum shall include instruction on fire |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10safety in a variety of scenarios, such as: fire prevention, fires in homes, in professional settings, 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11in vehicles, wild and brush fires, fires while cooking, while camping, electrical fires, heating |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12fires, smoking fires, solid, liquid and gas fires, smoldering fires, fast-burning fires, smoke |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13inhalation, carbon monoxide poisoning, and leaving a fire scene, and any other matter the |
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| 44 | 44 | | 14institution deems essential to the curriculum. Students shall complete an examination to test |
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| 45 | 45 | | 15student proficiency. |
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| 46 | 46 | | 16 SECTION 2. Chapter 71 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, |
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| 47 | 47 | | 17is hereby amended by adding the following section:- “Section 98. Establishment of a fire safety |
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| 48 | 48 | | 18curriculum. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following term shall, unless the context |
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| 49 | 49 | | 19clearly requires otherwise, have the following meaning:- “School”, every public or private |
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| 50 | 50 | | 20elementary and secondary school in the commonwealth; provided, however, that the term school |
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| 51 | 51 | | 21shall not include colleges and universities. |
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| 52 | 52 | | 22 (b) All schools shall require students to complete a comprehensive fire safety curriculum |
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| 53 | 53 | | 23by the end of the 10th grade from an expert source. The curriculum shall include instruction on |
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| 54 | 54 | | 24fire safety in a variety of scenarios, such as: fire prevention, fires in homes, in professional |
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| 55 | 55 | | 25settings, in vehicles, wild and brush fires, fires while cooking, while camping, electrical fires, |
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| 56 | 56 | | 26heating fires, smoking fires, solid, liquid and gas fires, smoldering fires, fast-burning fires, |
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| 57 | 57 | | 27smoke inhalation, carbon monoxide poisoning, and leaving a fire scene, and any other matter the |
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| 58 | 58 | | 28institution deems essential to the curriculum. Students shall complete an examination to test |
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| 59 | 59 | | 29student proficiency. |
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