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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2065 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1700 |
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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 | | Paul R. Feeney |
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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 to ensure the safety of students, faculty and staff on the campuses of state colleges, |
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| 13 | 13 | | community colleges and state universities. |
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| 14 | 14 | | _______________ |
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| 15 | 15 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 16 | 16 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Paul R. FeeneyBristol and Norfolk 1 of 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2065 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1700 |
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| 19 | 19 | | By Mr. Feeney, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1700) of Paul R. Feeney for |
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| 20 | 20 | | legislation to ensure the safety of students, faculty and staff on the campuses of state colleges, |
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| 21 | 21 | | community colleges and state universities. Public Safety and Homeland Security. |
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| 22 | 22 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEE SENATE, NO. 1522 OF 2023-2024.] |
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| 24 | 24 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 27 | 27 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 28 | 28 | | _______________ |
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| 29 | 29 | | An Act to ensure the safety of students, faculty and staff on the campuses of state colleges, |
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| 30 | 30 | | community colleges and state universities. |
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| 31 | 31 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 32 | 32 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 33 | 33 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 9 of Chapter 15A of the General Laws is hereby amended by |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2adding the following new subsection after subsection (gg):- |
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| 35 | 35 | | 3 (hh) In order to ensure the safety of students, faculty and staff on college campuses, the |
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| 36 | 36 | | 4council shall have the power to require the issuance of firearms and any other safety equipment it |
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| 37 | 37 | | 5deems necessary to campus police officers employed by the commonwealth and working on the |
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| 38 | 38 | | 6campuses of state colleges, community colleges and universities. The decision to issue firearms |
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| 39 | 39 | | 7and other safety equipment shall be binding regardless of any past or future vote to the contrary |
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| 40 | 40 | | 8by a board of trustees. 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 9 SECTION 2. Chapter 15A is further amended in Section 22 by inserting the following in |
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| 42 | 42 | | 10the first sentence after the word authority:- "except in matters related to public safety on campus |
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| 43 | 43 | | 11pursuant to subsection (hh) in Section 9 of this chapter". |
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