HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1141        FILED ON: 2/1/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2778

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Todd M. Smola

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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 providing the next of kin of a state police officer killed in the line of duty with a flag during the memorial service.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Todd M. Smola

1st Hampden

2/1/2021

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

5/18/2021


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1141        FILED ON: 2/1/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2778

By Mr. Smola of Warren, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2778) of Todd M. Smola for legislation to provide the next of kin of state police officers killed in the line of duty with a flag during memorial services.  Public Service.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2367 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 providing the next of kin of a state police officer killed in the line of duty with a flag during the memorial service.

 

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

Section 89 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:-

If an officer of the department of state police is killed, or dies from injuries received or dies as a natural and proximate result of undergoing a hazard peculiar to the officer's employment, while in the performance of the officer’s duty, the officer’s next of kin shall receive from the department a flag of the commonwealth during the memorial service.  For purposes of this paragraph, next of kin shall mean a person who is a surviving spouse, partner, parent or close family member of the deceased.