Massachusetts 2023-2024 Regular Session

Massachusetts Senate Bill S1584 Compare Versions

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2	2	SENATE DOCKET, NO. 556 FILED ON: 1/17/2023
3	3	SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1584
4	4	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
5	5	_________________
6	6	PRESENTED BY:
7	7	Michael F. Rush
8	8	_________________
9	9	To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
10	10	Court assembled:
11	11	The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
12	12	An Act relative to the diverse recruitment and reform of the Massachusetts State Police.
13	13	_______________
14	14	PETITION OF:
15	15	NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Michael F. RushNorfolk and SuffolkPaul McMurtry11th Norfolk2/8/2023 1 of 2
16	16	SENATE DOCKET, NO. 556 FILED ON: 1/17/2023
17	17	SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1584
18	18	By Mr. Rush, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1584) of Michael F. Rush and Paul
19	19	McMurtry for legislation relative to the diverse recruitment and reform of the Massachusetts
20	20	State Police. Public Safety and Homeland Security.
21	21	[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
22	22	SEE SENATE, NO. 1641 OF 2021-2022.]
23	23	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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25	25	In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
26	26	(2023-2024)
27	27	_______________
28	28	An Act relative to the diverse recruitment and reform of the Massachusetts State Police.
29	29	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
30	30	of the same, as follows:
31	31	1 Section 22C of the General Laws is hereby amending by adding the following new
32	32	2section:
33	33	3 Section XX. There is hereby established a career incentive pay program offering base
34	34	4salary increases to regular full-time members of the state police department as an incentive for
35	35	5furthering the education of current officers and recruiting diverse candidates to the state police
36	36	6through future recruitment and the cadet program. This section shall not apply to officers
37	37	7currently receiving career incentive pay for educational degrees under any other program or law.
38	38	8 Police career incentive base salary increases shall be predicated on the accumulation of
39	39	9points earned in the following manner: one point for each semester hour credit earned toward a 2 of 2
40	40	10baccalaureate or an associate degree; sixty points for an associate degree; one hundred and
41	41	11twenty points for a baccalaureate degree; and one hundred and fifty points for a degree of master
42	42	12or for a degree in law. All semester credits and degrees shall be earned in an accredited
43	43	13educational institution and shall be credited for the purpose of determining points under this
44	44	14section, notwithstanding the date of appointment of an individual to a position described in the
45	45	15first paragraph of this section. Only graduates of: (1) an accredited degree program offered by
46	46	16an institution of higher learning in order to ensure diverse educational backgrounds of current
47	47	17and future officers, or (2) accredited law schools and who have passed the Massachusetts bar
48	48	18examination shall be eligible for the police career incentive pay program.
49	49	19 Base salary increases authorized by this section shall be granted in the following manner:
50	50	20a ten per cent increase for sixty points, a twenty per cent increase for one hundred and twenty
51	51	21points, and a twenty-five per cent increase for one hundred and fifty points so accumulated.