SENATE DOCKET, NO. 265 FILED ON: 1/15/2013
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1137
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Jennifer L. Flanagan
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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 police pursuits in the Commonwealth..
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: |
Jennifer L. Flanagan | Worcester and Middlesex |
Stephen L. DiNatale | 3rd Worcester |
Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr. | 12th Hampden |
Michael J. Rodrigues | First Bristol and Plymouth |
John H. Rogers | 12th Norfolk |
Thomas J. Calter | 12th Plymouth |
Michael R. Knapik | Second Hampden and Hampshire |
Jennifer E. Benson | 37th Middlesex |
Michael O. Moore | Second Worcester |
Josh S. Cutler | 6th Plymouth |
Randy Hunt | 5th Barnstable |
Michael F. Rush | Norfolk and Suffolk |
Richard T. Moore | Worcester and Norfolk |
Todd M. Smola | 1st Hampden |
Donald H. Wong | 9th Essex |
Cleon H. Turner | 1st Barnstable |
James B. Eldridge | Middlesex and Worcester |
F. Jay Barrows | 1st Bristol |
Lori A. Ehrlich | 8th Essex |
Anne M. Gobi | 5th Worcester |
Ann-Margaret Ferrante | 5th Essex |
James M. Cantwell | 4th Plymouth |
Christine E. Canavan | 10th Plymouth |
Nicholas A. Boldyga | 3rd Hampden |
Alice Hanlon Peisch | 14th Norfolk |
Mark J. Cusack | 5th Norfolk |
Richard J. Ross | Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex |
Sarah K. Peake | 4th Barnstable |
William C. Galvin | 6th Norfolk |
Kenneth I. Gordon | 21st Middlesex |
Matthew A. Beaton | 11th Worcester |
David Paul Linsky | 5th Middlesex |
Geoff Diehl | 7th Plymouth |
Kimberly N. Ferguson | 1st Worcester |
Angelo L. D'Emilia | 8th Plymouth |
John F. Keenan | Norfolk and Plymouth |
Theodore C. Speliotis | 13th Essex |
Bruce E. Tarr | First Essex and Middlesex |
Paul J. Donato | 35th Middlesex |
Bradley H. Jones, Jr. | 20th Middlesex |
James R. Miceli | 19th Middlesex |
Gale D. Candaras | First Hampden and Hampshire |
Carolyn C. Dykema | 8th Middlesex |
Harold P. Naughton, Jr. | 12th Worcester |
Patricia A. Haddad | 5th Bristol |
Keiko M. Orrall | 12th Bristol |
Paul K. Frost | 7th Worcester |
David M. Rogers | 24th Middlesex |
Cheryl A. Coakley-Rivera | 10th Hampden |
Katherine M. Clark | Fifth Middlesex |
Danielle W. Gregoire | 4th Middlesex |
George N. Peterson, Jr. | 9th Worcester |
Thomas P. Kennedy | Second Plymouth and Bristol |
SENATE DOCKET, NO. 265 FILED ON: 1/15/2013
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1137
By Ms. Flanagan, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1137) of Jennifer L. Flanagan, Stephen L. DiNatale, Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr., Michael J. Rodrigues and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to police pursuits in the Commonwealth. Public Safety and Homeland Security. |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 1740 OF 2011-2012.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand Thirteen
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An Act relative to police pursuits in the Commonwealth..
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 25 of Chapter 90 of the General Laws as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition by adding to the end of said section 25 the following:-
Any person who, while operating or in charge of a motor vehicle, when being pursued by a police officer in an official police vehicle displaying lights and siren, shall refuse or neglect to stop, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one thousand dollars nor more than ten thousand dollars and imprisonment in State Prison for not less than two and one-half years nor more than five years, or both such fine and imprisonment.