HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3742        FILED ON: 1/18/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 516

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Jack Patrick Lewis

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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 student identification cards.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

1/13/2019

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

1/21/2019

Julian Cyr

Cape and Islands

1/18/2019

Denise C. Garlick

13th Norfolk

1/31/2019

Carmine Lawrence Gentile

13th Middlesex

1/27/2019

James K. Hawkins

2nd Bristol

2/1/2019

Stephan Hay

3rd Worcester

2/1/2019

Jonathan Hecht

29th Middlesex

1/31/2019

Natalie M. Higgins

4th Worcester

1/27/2019

Kevin G. Honan

17th Suffolk

2/1/2019

Patrick Joseph Kearney

4th Plymouth

1/31/2019

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

1/30/2019

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

1/31/2019

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf

17th Worcester

1/23/2019

David Paul Linsky

5th Middlesex

1/30/2019

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

2/1/2019

Brian W. Murray

10th Worcester

2/1/2019

Shaunna L. O'Connell

3rd Bristol

2/1/2019

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

1/31/2019

Maria Duaime Robinson

6th Middlesex

1/21/2019

David M. Rogers

24th Middlesex

1/28/2019

Alan Silvia

7th Bristol

2/1/2019

Michael J. Soter

8th Worcester

1/26/2019

Dean A. Tran

Worcester and Middlesex

2/1/2019

Steven Ultrino

33rd Middlesex

1/29/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3742        FILED ON: 1/18/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 516

By Mr. Lewis of Framingham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 516) of Jack Patrick Lewis and others relative to student identification cards.  Education.

 

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 student identification cards.

 

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 71 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 37R the following section:-

Section 37S(a) Commencing July 1, 2019, a public school, including a charter school, that serves students in any of grades 7 to 12, inclusive, that issues student identification cards shall include on the student identification cards the telephone number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, the Crisis Text Line, and the school’s campus police or security telephone number or, if the school does not have a campus police or security telephone number, the local non-emergency telephone number.

(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), if, as of January 1, 2019, a school subject to the requirements of subsection (a) has a supply of unissued student identification cards that do not comply with the requirement in subsection (a), the school shall issue those student identification cards to students until that supply is depleted.

(c) Subsection (a) shall apply for a student identification card issued to a new student and for a student identification card issued to replace a student’s damaged or lost student identification card at the request of that student.

SECTION 2.  Chapter 73 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 20 the following section:-

Section 21(a) Commencing July 1, 2019, a public or private institution of higher education that issues student identification cards shall include on the student identification cards the telephone number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, the Crisis Text Line, and the school’s campus police or security telephone number or, if the school does not have a campus police or security telephone number, the local non-emergency telephone number.

(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), if, as of January 1, 2019, a state university or community college subject to the requirements of subsection (a) has a supply of unissued student identification cards that do not comply with the requirement in subsection (a), the school shall issue those student identification cards to students until that supply is depleted.

(c) Subsection (a) shall apply for a student identification card issued to a new student and for a student identification card issued to replace a student’s damaged or lost student identification card at the request of that student.