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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1056 FILED ON: 1/14/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1769
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Daniel J. Hunt
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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 the safety of courthouses and remote court proceedings.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Daniel J. Hunt13th Suffolk1/14/2025 1 of 1
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1056 FILED ON: 1/14/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1769
By Representative Hunt of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1769) of Daniel
J. Hunt relative to the safety of courthouses and remote court proceedings. The Judiciary.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1565 OF 2023-2024.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)
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An Act relative to the safety of courthouses and remote court proceedings.
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 70A of chapter 221 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012
2Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the words “to which they have been
3assigned” in lines 3-4 the following words:- “or on the grounds adjacent to the court, including
4court parking areas,”
5 SECTION 2. Section 70A of chapter 221 is hereby further amended by adding the
6following sentence in line 6: - “Said court officers and those authorized to act as court officers
7shall also have police powers when attending a court proceeding convened in a location other
8than a court house, when escorting jurors on court business, when escorting a judicial officer, or
9when participating in the care, custody or transport of detainees.”