HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 74 FILED ON: 1/3/2019
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2150
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Timothy R. Whelan
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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 police pursuits.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: | Date Added: |
Timothy R. Whelan | 1st Barnstable | 1/3/2019 |
Brian M. Ashe | 2nd Hampden | 1/10/2019 |
F. Jay Barrows | 1st Bristol | 1/24/2019 |
Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr. | 5th Worcester | 1/31/2019 |
William L. Crocker, Jr. | 2nd Barnstable | 1/9/2019 |
Josh S. Cutler | 6th Plymouth | 1/18/2019 |
David F. DeCoste | 5th Plymouth | 1/30/2019 |
Shawn Dooley | 9th Norfolk | 1/21/2019 |
Kimberly N. Ferguson | 1st Worcester | 1/24/2019 |
Susan Williams Gifford | 2nd Plymouth | 1/17/2019 |
Stephan Hay | 3rd Worcester | 1/22/2019 |
Daniel J. Hunt | 13th Suffolk | 1/25/2019 |
Randy Hunt | 5th Barnstable | 1/22/2019 |
Louis L. Kafka | 8th Norfolk | 1/24/2019 |
Hannah Kane | 11th Worcester | 1/30/2019 |
Kathleen R. LaNatra | 12th Plymouth | 1/31/2019 |
Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr. | 28th Middlesex | 1/31/2019 |
Joseph D. McKenna | 18th Worcester | 1/29/2019 |
Rady Mom | 18th Middlesex | 1/28/2019 |
Michael O. Moore | Second Worcester | 1/24/2019 |
Mathew J. Muratore | 1st Plymouth | 1/30/2019 |
Shaunna L. O'Connell | 3rd Bristol | 1/29/2019 |
Patrick M. O'Connor | Plymouth and Norfolk | 1/15/2019 |
Norman J. Orrall | 12th Bristol | 1/30/2019 |
Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr. | 12th Hampden | 1/23/2019 |
David Allen Robertson | 19th Middlesex | 2/1/2019 |
John H. Rogers | 12th Norfolk | 1/30/2019 |
Alan Silvia | 7th Bristol | 1/4/2019 |
Michael J. Soter | 8th Worcester | 1/9/2019 |
Alyson M. Sullivan | 7th Plymouth | 1/17/2019 |
Bruce E. Tarr | First Essex and Middlesex | 1/30/2019 |
Paul F. Tucker | 7th Essex | 1/31/2019 |
Jonathan D. Zlotnik | 2nd Worcester | 1/31/2019 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 74 FILED ON: 1/3/2019
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2150
By Mr. Whelan of Brewster, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2150) of Timothy R. Whelan and others relative to the penalties for motor vehicle operators refusing to stop for a police officer. Public Safety and Homeland Security. |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 983 OF 2017-2018.]
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 police pursuits.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Section 25 of Chapter 90 is hereby stricken and is hereby replaced with the following:
Section 25. Any person who, while operating or in charge of a motor vehicle, shall refuse, when requested by a police officer, to give his name and address or the name and address of the owner of such motor vehicle, or who shall give a false name or address, or who refuses, on demand of such officer, to produce his license to operate such vehicle or his certificate of registration, or to permit such officer to take the license or certificate in hand for the purpose of examination, or who refuses, on demand of such officer, to sign his name in the presence of such officer, and any person who on the demand of an officer of the police or other officer mentioned in section twenty-nine or authorized by the registrar, without a reasonable excuse fails to deliver his license to operate motor vehicles or the certificate of registration of any motor vehicle operated or owned by him or the number plates furnished by the registrar for said motor vehicle, or who refuses or neglects to produce his license when requested by a court or trial justice, shall be punished by a fine of one hundred dollars.
Any person who shall refuse or neglect to stop when signaled to stop by any police officer who is in uniform or who displays his badge conspicuously on the outside of his outer coat or garment, shall be punished by imprisonment in state prison for a period not to exceed 2 years and by a fine not to exceed $2,500.