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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1772 FILED ON: 1/15/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2993
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Thomas P. Walsh
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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 providing the next of kin of a police officer or firefighter killed in the line of duty with
the flags of the Commonwealth and the United States.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Thomas P. Walsh12th Essex1/15/2025Adrianne Pusateri Ramos14th Essex3/12/2025 1 of 1
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1772 FILED ON: 1/15/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2993
By Representative Walsh of Peabody, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2993) of
Thomas P. Walsh relative to providing the next of kin of a police officer or firefighter killed in
the line of duty with the flags of the Commonwealth and the United States. Public Service.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2683 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 providing the next of kin of a police officer or firefighter killed in the line of duty with
the flags of the Commonwealth and the United States.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 Chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 official edition, is hereby
2amended by inserting after section 89E the following section:-
3 Section 89F. If a sworn police officer of a police department of city or town, a sworn
4police officer of the department of state police or a firefighter for a fire department of a city or
5town, is killed, or dies from injuries received, or dies as a natural or proximate result of
6undergoing a hazard peculiar to his or her employment, while in the performance of his or her
7duty, their next of kin shall receive a flag of the commonwealth of Massachusetts and a flag of
8the United States during the memorial service, the cost of which shall be borne by the
9commonwealth.