HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1886        FILED ON: 1/19/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1459

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Thomas P. Walsh and Bruce E. Tarr

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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. Walsh

12th Essex

1/19/2017

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

2/3/2017

Michael Muse

Boston Police Detective Benevolent Society 434 Hyde Park Avenue Roslindale, MA

2/3/2017

Larry Calderone

Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association, Inc.  295 Freeport Street  Boston, MA 02122-3513

2/3/2017

Mathew Muratore

1st Plymouth

 

Marc T. Lombardo

22nd Middlesex

 

James J. Dwyer

30th Middlesex

 

Shawn Dooley

9th Norfolk

 

Michael D. Brady

Second Plymouth and Bristol

 

Bradford R. Hill

4th Essex

 

Danielle W. Gregoire

4th Middlesex

 

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

 

Thomas M. McGee

Third Essex

 

Diana DiZoglio

14th Essex

 

Frank I. Smizik

15th Norfolk

 

Gerard Cassidy

9th Plymouth

 

Angelo L. D'Emilia

8th Plymouth

 

David F. DeCoste

5th Plymouth

 

Thomas J. Calter

12th Plymouth

 

Claire D. Cronin

11th Plymouth

 

Hannah Kane

11th Worcester

 

Kate Hogan

3rd Middlesex

 

Barbara A. L'Italien

Second Essex and Middlesex

 

Keiko M. Orrall

12th Bristol

 

Carole A. Fiola

6th Bristol

 

Josh S. Cutler

6th Plymouth

 

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

12th Hampden

 

Juana B. Matias

16th Essex

 

Kimberly N. Ferguson

1st Worcester

 

Jerald A. Parisella

6th Essex

 

Daniel Cahill

10th Essex

 

James R. Miceli

19th Middlesex

 

Brendan P. Crighton

Third Essex

 

Colleen M. Garry

36th Middlesex

 

David T. Vieira

3rd Barnstable

 

Stephan Hay

3rd Worcester

 

Michelle M. DuBois

10th Plymouth

 

Patricia A. Haddad

5th Bristol

 

Daniel J. Hunt

13th Suffolk

 

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

 

Joan B.  Lovely

Second Essex

 

Steven S. Howitt

4th Bristol

 

Harold P. Naughton, Jr.

12th Worcester

 

Sal N. DiDomenico

Middlesex and Suffolk

 

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

 

Shaunna L. O'Connell

3rd Bristol

 

Nick Collins

4th Suffolk

 

Randy Hunt

5th Barnstable

 

James Arciero

2nd Middlesex

2/3/2017

Peter V. Kocot

1st Hampshire

2/3/2017


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1886        FILED ON: 1/19/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1459

By Representative Walsh of Peabody and Senator Tarr, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1459) of Thomas P. Walsh and others 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.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court
(2017-2018)

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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:
 

SECTION 1. Chapter 32 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 89E the following section:-

Section 89F. If a sworn police officer of a police department of city or town, a sworn police officer of the department of state police or a firefighter for a fire department of a city or town, is killed, or dies from injuries received, or dies as a natural or proximate result of undergoing a hazard peculiar to his or her employment, while in the performance of his or her duty, their next of kin shall receive a flag of the commonwealth of Massachusetts and a flag of the United States during the memorial service, the cost of which shall be borne by the commonwealth.