HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3486        FILED ON: 1/20/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3053

 

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.