HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3486 FILED ON: 1/20/2017
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3053
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Paul K. Frost and Michael O. Moore
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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 protecting police officers.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: | Date Added: |
Paul K. Frost | 7th Worcester | 1/20/2017 |
Michael O. Moore | Second Worcester | 2/1/2017 |
Kate D. Campanale | 17th Worcester | 1/23/2017 |
Timothy R. Whelan | 1st Barnstable | 1/20/2017 |
Joseph D. McKenna | 18th Worcester | 2/2/2017 |
Hannah Kane | 11th Worcester | 1/24/2017 |
Susan Williams Gifford | 2nd Plymouth | 1/31/2017 |
Todd M. Smola | 1st Hampden | 1/26/2017 |
David F. DeCoste | 5th Plymouth | 1/24/2017 |
Shawn Dooley | 9th Norfolk | 1/24/2017 |
Geoff Diehl | 7th Plymouth | 2/2/2017 |
Mathew Muratore | 1st Plymouth | 1/23/2017 |
Richard J. Ross | Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex | 2/1/2017 |
David T. Vieira | 3rd Barnstable | 2/2/2017 |
Steven S. Howitt | 4th Bristol | 1/31/2017 |
Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr. | 12th Hampden | 1/24/2017 |
Angelo L. D'Emilia | 8th Plymouth | 3/14/2018 |
Kimberly N. Ferguson | 1st Worcester | 3/14/2018 |
Ryan C. Fattman | Worcester and Norfolk | 2/1/2017 |
John H. Rogers | 12th Norfolk | 3/14/2018 |
F. Jay Barrows | 1st Bristol | 3/14/2018 |
James J. Dwyer | 30th Middlesex | 3/14/2018 |
Bradley H. Jones, Jr. | 20th Middlesex | 3/14/2018 |
David K. Muradian, Jr. | 9th Worcester | 3/14/2018 |
Elizabeth A. Poirier | 14th Bristol | 3/14/2018 |
Danielle W. Gregoire | 4th Middlesex | 3/14/2018 |
Keiko M. Orrall | 12th Bristol | 3/14/2018 |
Shaunna L. O'Connell | 3rd Bristol | 2/2/2017 |
Jonathan D. Zlotnik | 2nd Worcester | 3/14/2018 |
Bradford R. Hill | 4th Essex | 3/14/2018 |
Paul McMurtry | 11th Norfolk | 3/14/2018 |
Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr. | 5th Worcester | 3/14/2018 |
Anne M. Gobi | Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex | 3/14/2018 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3486 FILED ON: 1/20/2017
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3053
By Representative Frost of Auburn and Senator Moore, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3053) of Paul K. Frost, Michael O. Moore and others relative to fines and punishment for committing assault or assault and battery on law enforcement officers while in the performance of their duties. The Judiciary. |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 4466 OF 2015-2016.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court
(2017-2018)
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An Act protecting police officers.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Section 13D of Chapter 265, as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph:-
Whoever commits an assault or an assault and battery upon a law enforcement officer, when such an officer is engaged in the performance of their duties, that results in bodily injury shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 5 years or in the house of correction for not more than 2 1/2 years, or by a fine of not more than $5,000, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Second or subsequent assaults upon a law enforcement officer, when such an officer is engaged in the performance of their duties, or assaults and battery, resulting in bodily injury shall be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000, and imprisonment for not less than 1 year in a house of correction or more than 10 years in state prison.