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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2682 FILED ON: 1/16/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1877
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr.
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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 assault and battery upon a transit worker.
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PETITION OF:
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
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2682 FILED ON: 1/16/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1877
By Representative McGonagle of Everett, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1877) of
Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr. and others relative to the offense of assault and battery upon transit
workers. The Judiciary.
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 assault and battery upon a transit worker.
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 13D of chapter 265 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022
2Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting, in line 1, after the word “battery,” the following
3words:- including assault and battery by means of a bodily substance,.
4 SECTION 2. Said section 13D of said chapter 265 of the General Laws, as so appearing,
5is hereby further amended by inserting, in line 2, after the word “employee,” the following
6words:- including but not limited to a public transit worker,.
7 SECTION 3. Said section 13D of said chapter 265 of the General Laws, as so appearing,
8is hereby further amended by inserting, in line 6, after the word “dollars.” the following
9sentence:- For the purposes of this section, “bodily substance” shall mean any human secretion,
10discharge or emission including, but not limited to, blood, saliva, mucous, semen, urine or feces.