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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1246 FILED ON: 1/14/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2663 |
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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 | | William F. MacGregor |
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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 the internal benefits of public safety telecommunicators. |
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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:William F. MacGregor10th Suffolk1/14/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1246 FILED ON: 1/14/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2663 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative MacGregor of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2663) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | William F. MacGregor for legislation relative to the internal benefits of public safety |
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| 20 | 20 | | telecommunicators. Public Safety and Homeland Security. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE SENATE, NO. 1586 OF 2023-2024.] |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act relative to the internal benefits of public safety telecommunicators. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 SECTION 1. Definitions |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2 For the purpose of this section the following words shall have the following meanings:- |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3 "Public Safety Dispatchers” or “Public Safety Telecommunicators", an individual |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4employed by a public safety agency, as the initial first responder, whose primary responsibility is |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5to receive, process, transmit, or dispatch emergency and non-emergency calls for law |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6enforcement, fire, emergency medical, and other public safety services by telephone, radio, or |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7other communication device, and includes an individual who promotes from this position and |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8supervises individuals who perform these functions. 2 of 2 |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9 SECTION 2. Notwithstanding any general or special law or rule or regulation to the |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10contrary, all Public Safety Dispatchers or Public Safety Telecommunicators shall receive the |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11same internal benefits as First Responders. |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12 SECTION 3. No change shall be made to such Telecommunicators' compensation and |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13pension benefits. |
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