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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3186 FILED ON: 1/16/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2682
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
David Allen Robertson
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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 injured correctional officers.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:David Allen Robertson19th Middlesex1/16/2025 1 of 1
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3186 FILED ON: 1/16/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2682
By Representative Robertson of Tewksbury, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2682)
of David Allen Robertson relative to injured correctional officers. Public Safety and Homeland
Security.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2648 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 injured correctional officers.
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 18A of Chapter 126 of the Generals Laws is hereby amended by striking the
2language thereof, and adding the following:-
3 Section 18A.An employee in a jail or house of correction of a county who, while in the
4performance of duty, receives bodily injuries resulting from actions of patients or prisoners in
5custody, and who as result of such injury is entitled to benefits under chapter one hundred and
6fifty-two, shall be paid, in addition to the benefits of said chapter one hundred and fifty-two, the
7difference between the weekly cash benefits to which entitled under said chapter one hundred
8and fifty-two and his regular salary, without such absence being charged against available sick
9leave credits, even if such absence may be for less than eight calendar days duration.