HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2965        FILED ON: 1/18/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1351

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr.

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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 false 911 calls from or about school facilities.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr.

5th Worcester

1/16/2019

Joseph D. McKenna

18th Worcester

1/31/2019

F. Jay Barrows

1st Bristol

2/1/2019

William L. Crocker, Jr.

2nd Barnstable

2/1/2019

Angelo L. D'Emilia

8th Plymouth

1/31/2019

Randy Hunt

5th Barnstable

2/1/2019

Mathew J. Muratore

1st Plymouth

2/1/2019

David Allen Robertson

19th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Timothy R. Whelan

1st Barnstable

2/1/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2965        FILED ON: 1/18/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1351

By Mr. Berthiaume of Spencer, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1351) of Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr., and others relative to penalties for false 911 calls from or about school facilities.  The Judiciary.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)

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An Act relative to false 911 calls from or about school facilities.

 

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 14B of Chapter 269 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting, after subsection a, the following:-

(a1/2) Whoever willfully and maliciously makes or causes to be made 1 or more silent calls to any PSAP and thereby causes emergency services to be dispatched 1 or more times to a school shall be punished by imprisonment in a house of corrections for not more than 1 year, by a fine of up to $500, or by both such fine and imprisonment.