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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2682 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1877 |
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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 | | Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr. |
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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 assault and battery upon a transit worker. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr.28th Middlesex1/16/2025Jessica Ann Giannino16th Suffolk2/6/2025Tram T. Nguyen18th Essex2/12/2025David F. DeCoste5th Plymouth2/12/2025Brian W. Murray10th Worcester2/12/2025Steven George Xiarhos5th Barnstable2/12/2025Paul J. Donato35th Middlesex2/12/2025Adam J. Scanlon14th Bristol2/27/2025Sean Reid11th Essex3/5/2025Christopher J. Worrell5th Suffolk3/6/2025Steven Ultrino33rd Middlesex3/12/2025Jay D. Livingstone8th Suffolk3/12/2025 1 of 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2682 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1877 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative McGonagle of Everett, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1877) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr. and others relative to the offense of assault and battery upon transit |
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| 20 | 20 | | workers. The Judiciary. |
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| 21 | 21 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 22 | 22 | | _______________ |
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| 23 | 23 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act relative to assault and battery upon a transit worker. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 28 | 28 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 13D of chapter 265 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting, in line 1, after the word “battery,” the following |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3words:- including assault and battery by means of a bodily substance,. |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4 SECTION 2. Said section 13D of said chapter 265 of the General Laws, as so appearing, |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5is hereby further amended by inserting, in line 2, after the word “employee,” the following |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6words:- including but not limited to a public transit worker,. |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7 SECTION 3. Said section 13D of said chapter 265 of the General Laws, as so appearing, |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8is hereby further amended by inserting, in line 6, after the word “dollars.” the following |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9sentence:- For the purposes of this section, “bodily substance” shall mean any human secretion, |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10discharge or emission including, but not limited to, blood, saliva, mucous, semen, urine or feces. |
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