HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 227        FILED ON: 1/14/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2541

 

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

1/14/2021

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

1/25/2021

Steven G. Xiarhos

5th Barnstable

1/25/2021

Alan Silvia

7th Bristol

1/26/2021

Joseph D. McKenna

18th Worcester

1/27/2021

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

12th Hampden

1/27/2021

Mathew J. Muratore

1st Plymouth

1/27/2021

Donald H. Wong

9th Essex

2/1/2021

Michael O. Moore

Second Worcester

2/8/2021

Jessica Ann Giannino

16th Suffolk

2/10/2021

Hannah Kane

11th Worcester

2/11/2021

Kimberly N. Ferguson

1st Worcester

2/11/2021

Colleen M. Garry

36th Middlesex

2/16/2021

Alyson M. Sullivan

7th Plymouth

2/24/2021

David Allen Robertson

19th Middlesex

2/25/2021


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 227        FILED ON: 1/14/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2541

By Mr. Whelan of Brewster, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2541) 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. 2150 OF 2019-2020.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Second General Court
(2021-2022)

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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.