HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1642        FILED ON: 1/15/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1173

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Jennifer E. Benson

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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 Criminal Penalties for Resisting Arrest.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Jennifer E. Benson

37th Middlesex

1/15/2015

Michael O. Moore

Second Worcester

9/12/2019

Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr.

28th Middlesex

9/12/2019

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

9/12/2019

Jennifer L. Flanagan

Worcester and Middlesex

9/12/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1642        FILED ON: 1/15/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1173

By Ms. Benson of Lunenburg, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1173) of Jennifer E. Benson and others relative to criminal penalties for resisting arrest.  The Judiciary.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1199 OF 2013-2014.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth General Court
(2015-2016)

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An Act Relative to Criminal Penalties for Resisting Arrest.

 

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 32B of chapter 268 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2008 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following subsection:-

(e) Whoever violates this section and causes serious bodily injury upon a police officer shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 5 years or in a jail or house of correction for not more than 2 1/2

years, or by a fine of not more than $5,000.00, or by both such fine and imprisonment. For the purposes of this subsection, "serious bodily injury" shall mean bodily injury that results in a permanent disfigurement, loss or impairment of a bodily function, limb or organ, or a substantial risk of death.