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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1792 FILED ON: 1/15/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2260
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Kip A. Diggs
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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 firefighter residency.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Kip A. Diggs2nd Barnstable1/15/2025Marcus S. Vaughn9th Norfolk1/23/2025John J. Marsi6th Worcester1/23/2025Christopher Richard Flanagan1st Barnstable1/23/2025Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.12th Hampden1/23/2025Steven George Xiarhos5th Barnstable1/23/2025David F. DeCoste5th Plymouth1/23/2025Paul K. Frost7th Worcester1/23/2025Paul McMurtry11th Norfolk1/23/2025Patrick Joseph Kearney4th Plymouth1/23/2025Dennis C. Gallagher8th Plymouth1/23/2025Rodney M. Elliott16th Middlesex1/23/2025Michael J. Soter8th Worcester1/23/2025Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr.28th Middlesex1/23/2025Joseph D. McKenna18th Worcester1/24/2025Steven Ultrino33rd Middlesex1/24/2025Mark D. Sylvia10th Bristol1/30/2025Danillo A. Sena37th Middlesex1/30/2025 2 of 2
Erika Uyterhoeven27th Middlesex1/30/2025Michael D. BradySecond Plymouth and Norfolk1/30/2025Samantha Montaño15th Suffolk2/5/2025Jacob R. OliveiraHampden, Hampshire and Worcester2/10/2025James K. Hawkins2nd Bristol2/10/2025James C. Arena-DeRosa8th Middlesex2/20/2025James Arciero2nd Middlesex2/24/2025Natalie M. Higgins4th Worcester2/24/2025Antonio F. D. Cabral13th Bristol3/7/2025Steven S. Howitt4th Bristol3/7/2025 1 of 1
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1792 FILED ON: 1/15/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2260
By Representative Diggs of Barnstable, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2260) of Kip
A. Diggs and others relative to firefighter residency. Municipalities and Regional Government.
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 firefighter residency.
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 99A of chapter 41 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition,
2is hereby amended by striking the section in its entirety and inserting in place thereof the
3following section:-
4 Section 99A. Any member of the regular police or fire department and fire alarm division
5of a city or town appointed subsequent to August first, nineteen hundred and seventy eight who
6is not subject to chapter 31 shall reside within fifteen miles of the limits of said city or town. Said
7distance shall be measured from the closest border limits of said city or town in which said
8member is employed to the closest border limits of the city or town in which said member lives;
9provided, however, a city or town may increase the fifteen mile residency limit under a collective
10bargaining agreement negotiated in accordance with chapter 150E.