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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Hannah Kane

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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 providing emergency assistance for municipal public safety overtime.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Hannah Kane

11th Worcester

3/24/2020

Nika C. Elugardo

15th Suffolk

3/24/2020

Joseph D. McKenna

18th Worcester

3/24/2020

Elizabeth A. Poirier

14th Bristol

3/24/2020

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

3/24/2020

Anne M. Gobi

Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex

3/24/2020

Kimberly N. Ferguson

1st Worcester

3/24/2020

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

3/24/2020

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

3/24/2020

Marcos A. Devers

16th Essex

3/24/2020

Colleen M. Garry

36th Middlesex

3/24/2020

Carmine Lawrence Gentile

13th Middlesex

3/24/2020

Tram T. Nguyen

18th Essex

3/24/2020

William L. Crocker, Jr.

2nd Barnstable

3/25/2020

Alan Silvia

7th Bristol

3/25/2020

Michael O. Moore

Second Worcester

3/25/2020

Patrick M. O'Connor

Plymouth and Norfolk

3/25/2020

David K. Muradian, Jr.

9th Worcester

3/25/2020

David Allen Robertson

19th Middlesex

3/25/2020

Steven S. Howitt

4th Bristol

3/25/2020

John C. Velis

4th Hampden

3/25/2020

Peter J. Durant

6th Worcester

3/25/2020

Bud L. Williams

11th Hampden

3/26/2020

Mindy Domb

3rd Hampshire

3/26/2020

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

3/26/2020

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

3/26/2020

Carole A. Fiola

6th Bristol

3/26/2020

Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr.

5th Worcester

3/26/2020

RoseLee Vincent

16th Suffolk

3/26/2020

F. Jay Barrows

1st Bristol

3/26/2020

Marc T. Lombardo

22nd Middlesex

3/26/2020

Gerard J. Cassidy

9th Plymouth

3/26/2020

Brian W. Murray

10th Worcester

3/26/2020

Natalie M. Higgins

4th Worcester

3/27/2020

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf

17th Worcester

3/27/2020

Kate Lipper-Garabedian

32nd Middlesex

3/27/2020

John H. Rogers

12th Norfolk

3/27/2020

Ryan C. Fattman

Worcester and Norfolk

3/28/2020

Patrick Joseph Kearney

4th Plymouth

3/30/2020

John Nelson

Massachusetts Coalition of Police, P.O. Box 768, Millbury

3/30/2020


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4977        FILED ON: 3/24/2020

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By Mrs. Kane of Shrewsbury, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Hannah Kane and others relative to providing emergency assistance for municipal public safety overtime costs.  Public Safety and Homeland Security.

 

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 providing emergency assistance for municipal public safety overtime.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Chapter 41 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 133 the following section:-

Section 134. The executive office of public safety and security shall establish a grant program, subject to appropriation, to provide funding for cities and towns for the overtime costs of municipal police officers, municipal law enforcement personnel with arrest powers, municipal personnel with authority to enforce public health regulations, members of the fire department, and emergency medical technicians during the COVID-19 state of emergency. The executive office of public safety shall develop guidelines governing the implementation of this grant program.