Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Massachusetts House Bill H1069 Compare Versions

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2	2	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3938 FILED ON: 1/17/2025
3	3	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1069
4	4	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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6	6	PRESENTED BY:
7	7	Richard G. Wells, Jr.
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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 establishing memorial markers in the towns of Milton and Canton in memory of certain
13	13	law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty.
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15	15	PETITION OF:
16	16	NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Richard G. Wells, Jr.7th Norfolk1/17/2025 1 of 2
17	17	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3938 FILED ON: 1/17/2025
18	18	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1069
19	19	By Representative Wells of Milton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1069) of
20	20	Richard G. Wells, Jr. that the Department of Conservation and Recreation erect and maintain
21	21	memorial markers in the towns of Milton and Canton in memory of certain law enforcement
22	22	officers killed in the line of duty. Environment and Natural Resources.
23	23	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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25	25	In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
26	26	(2025-2026)
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28	28	An Act establishing memorial markers in the towns of Milton and Canton in memory of certain
29	29	law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty.
30	30	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
31	31	of the same, as follows:
32	32	1 The department of conservation and recreation shall erect and maintain 4 suitable
33	33	2markers in memory of 4 law enforcement officers who were killed in the line of duty. The
34	34	3markers shall be similar in form to street signs, shall be placed on sidewalk land islands at the
35	35	4locations near where each officer was killed, and shall each include the name of the officer and
36	36	5the circumstances of their death, as follows:
37	37	6 (i) to be placed on 158 Blue Hills Parkway, northbound, in the Town of Milton in
38	38	7memory of Patrolman Robert Dana, noting “On March 25, 1984, while conducting a traffic stop
39	39	8in the Town of Milton on Blue Hills Parkway, Patrolman Dana was shot and fatally wounded.”;
40	40	9 (ii) to be placed on Blue Hills Parkway, northbound, at Parkway Crescent in the Town of
41	41	10Milton in memory of Patrolman Robert Edmonds, noting “On December 23, 1936, while on 2 of 2
42	42	11pursuit of a stolen vehicle on Blue Hills Parkway in the Town of Milton, Patrolman Edmonds
43	43	12collided with a tree and subsequently succumbed to his injuries.”;
44	44	13 (iii) to be placed on Hillside street at Chickatawbut road in the Town of Milton in
45	45	14memory of Patrolman Robert Stewart, noting “On February 8, 1913, while on mounted patrol,
46	46	15Patrolman Stewart was thrown from his horse on Hillside Street in the Town of Milton.
47	47	16Patrolman Stewart subsequently succumbed to his injuries.”;
48	48	17 (iv) to be placed near Fisherman’s Beach at Ponkapoag pond in the Town of Canton, in
49	49	18memory of Patrolman William Mateer, noting “On January 10, 1909, while attempting to rescue
50	50	19a fisherman who had fallen through the ice on Ponkapoag Pond in the Town of Canton, both
51	51	20Patrolman Mateer and the fisherman drowned.”