SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2117

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Twenty-Four

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SENATE, March 19, 2014.

The committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security, to whom was referred the petitions (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1111) of William N. Brownsberger  for legislation that ski areas be required to provide helmets free of charge with rental equipment and post accident and safety records online for public access; (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1112) of William N. Brownsberger and David M. Rogers  for legislation to establish and accredit independent forensic science laboratories.; (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1113) of Gale D. Candaras, Denise Andrews and Christine E. Canavan  for legislation to prohibit price gouging during states of emergency; (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1124) of Cynthia S. Creem and Jason M. Lewis  for legislation to improve data collection in the juvenile justice system; (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1133) of James B. Eldridge, Elizabeth A. Malia, Patricia D. Jehlen, Byron Rushing and other members of the General Court  for legislation relative to the appropriate use of solitary confinement; (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; (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1138) of John Hart, Jr.  for legislation relative to fire safety.; (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1139) of Patricia D. Jehlen, Ellen Story, Sonia Chang-Diaz, Benjamin Swan and other members of the General Court  for legislation to reduce health care costs through extraordinary medical placement.; (accompanied by resolve, Senate, No. 1141) of Thomas P. Kennedy, Christopher G. Fallon, Thomas J. Calter, Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr. and other members of the General Court  to provide for investigating construction practices and their impact on firefighter deaths.; (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1142) of Michael R. Knapik  for legislation to authorize the police officers to take certain actions outside their jurisdiction; (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1144) of Michael R. Knapik, Bruce E. Tarr, Robert L. Hedlund and Richard J. Ross  for legislation to further regulate sex offender registration; (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1149) of Mark C. Montigny  for legislation relative to window guards in residential rental properties.; (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1166) of Richard J. Ross, Bruce E. Tarr and Michael R. Knapik  for legislation to create a commission to study the effectiveness of a drug dealer registry in the Commonwealth; (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1167) of Richard J. Ross and Bruce E. Tarr  for legislation to create a drug dealer registry in the commonwealth.; (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1168) of Richard J. Ross  for legislation relative to sex offender classification; (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1169) of Richard J. Ross  for legislation relative to sex offender registration; (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1173) of Bruce E. Tarr, Bradley H. Jones, Jr. and Michael R. Knapik  for legislation to require payment by certain prisoners of the Commonwealth; (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1175) of Bruce E. Tarr, Michael R. Knapik, Robert L. Hedlund, Richard J. Ross and others  for legislation to provide oversight of crime labs; (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1177) of Bruce E. Tarr  for legislation relative to the parole recommendation panel; and (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1201) of Daniel A. Wolf  for legislation relative to fire training, report the accompanying Order  (Senate, No. 2117).

For the committee,

James E. Timilty

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2117

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Fourteen

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Ordered, That the committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security be authorized and directed to make an investigation and study of certain current Senate documents numbered 1111, 1112, 1113, 1124, 1133, 1137, 1138, 1139, 1141, 1142, 1144, 1149, 1166, 1167, 1168, 1169, 1173, 1175, 1177, and 1201 relative to public safety issues.