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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2068 FILED ON: 1/15/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2667
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Paul McMurtry
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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 POST Commission.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Paul McMurtry11th Norfolk1/15/2025 1 of 2
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2068 FILED ON: 1/15/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2667
By Representative McMurtry of Dedham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2667) of
Paul McMurtry relative to the Massachusetts peace officer standards and training commission.
Public Safety and Homeland Security.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2378 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 POST Commission.
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 2 of Chapter 6E of the Massachusetts General Laws, as appearing in the 2020
2official edition, is hereby amended by striking Section 2 in its entirety and adding in place
3thereof the following:
4 Section 2. (a) There shall be a Massachusetts Peace Officer Standards and Training
5Commission consisting of 11 members: 3 of whom shall be appointed by the governor, 1 of
6whom shall be a police chief, 1 of whom shall be a retired justice of the superior court and 1 of
7whom shall be a social worker appointed from a list of 5 nominations submitted by the National
8Association of Social Workers, Inc., Massachusetts chapter; 3 of whom shall be appointed by the
9attorney general, 1 of whom shall be a law enforcement officer below the rank of sergeant who is
10a labor union representative appointed from a list of 3 nominations submitted by the Chair of the 2 of 2
11Massachusetts Law Enforcement Policy Group, 1 of whom shall be a law enforcement officer
12appointed from a list of 5 nominations submitted by the Massachusetts Association of Minority
13Law Enforcement Officers, Inc. and 1 of whom shall be an attorney licensed to practice law in
14the commonwealth appointed from a list of 5 nominations submitted by the civil rights and social
15justice section council of the Massachusetts Bar Association; and 3 of whom shall be appointed
16jointly by the governor and attorney general, 1 of whom shall be appointed from a list of 5
17nominations submitted by the Massachusetts commission against discrimination.; and 2 of whom
18shall be appointed by the Massachusetts District Attorney’s Association, 1 of whom shall be a
19sworn member of the Department of State Police who is appointed from a list of 2 nominations
20submitted by the President of the State Police Association of Massachusetts, and 1 of whom shall
21be a Juvenile Diversion Program professional appointed from a list of 2 nominations approved
22by a majority of the Board of the Massachusetts District Attorney’s Association.