HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3742 FILED ON: 1/18/2019
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 516
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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.