SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1741        FILED ON: 1/18/2019

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1430

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Mark C. Montigny

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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 inmate telephone call rates.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

 

Mark C. Montigny

Second Bristol and Plymouth

 

William N. Brownsberger

Second Suffolk and Middlesex

 

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

1/29/2019

Antonio F. D. Cabral

13th Bristol

1/30/2019

Daniel J. Hunt

13th Suffolk

1/30/2019

Sal N. DiDomenico

Middlesex and Suffolk

1/31/2019

Mike Connolly

26th Middlesex

1/31/2019

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

1/31/2019

Lindsay N. Sabadosa

1st Hampshire

2/1/2019

Joseph A. Boncore

First Suffolk and Middlesex

2/1/2019

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Harriette L. Chandler

First Worcester

2/1/2019

Nika C. Elugardo

15th Suffolk

2/4/2019

Joanne M. Comerford

Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester

2/5/2019

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

2/8/2019

Christopher Hendricks

11th Bristol

2/20/2019

Michael D. Brady

Second Plymouth and Bristol

4/22/2019

Mindy Domb

3rd Hampshire

11/18/2019


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1741        FILED ON: 1/18/2019

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1430

By Mr. Montigny, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1430) of Mark C. Montigny, William N. Brownsberger, Denise Provost, Antonio F. D. Cabral and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to inmate telephone calls.  Public Safety and Homeland Security.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 1336 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 inmate telephone call rates.

 

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 127 of General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following section:-

Section 87A. The department of correction and county houses of correction shall negotiate contracts for local and long distance telephone service on the basis of offering the lowest cost to end consumers. The commonwealth, the department of correction and the county houses of correction shall not accept commissions, services, salary or rent payments, or goods from the providers of prisoner telephone service, other than telephones and associated hardware required for installation, upkeep and function of the prisoner telephone system. The department of correction shall negotiate its future contracts to give the county houses of correction the option to join the contract under the same terms. The commonwealth, the department of correction and the county houses of correction shall negotiate contracts for telephone service separately from that of other services.