HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2282 FILED ON: 2/17/2021
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2794
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Thomas P. Walsh and Bruce E. Tarr
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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 the next of kin of a police officer or firefighter killed in the line of duty with the flags of the Commonwealth and the United States.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: | Date Added: |
Thomas P. Walsh | 12th Essex | 2/12/2021 |
Bruce E. Tarr | First Essex and Middlesex | 2/17/2021 |
John Nelson | Massachusetts Coalition of Police, P.O.Box 768, Millbury, Ma 01527 | 2/12/2021 |
Larry Calderone | Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association, 295 Freeport Street Boston, MA 02122 | 2/12/2021 |
Michael Muse | Boston Police Detectives Benevolent Society, 434 Hyde Park Avenue Roslindale, MA | 2/12/2021 |
Jessica Ann Giannino | 16th Suffolk | 2/26/2021 |
Diana DiZoglio | First Essex | 2/26/2021 |
Hannah Kane | 11th Worcester | 3/16/2021 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2282 FILED ON: 2/17/2021
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2794
By Representative Walsh of Peabody and Senator Tarr, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2794) of Thomas P. Walsh, Bruce E. Tarr and others relative to providing the next of kin of a police officer or firefighter killed in the line of duty with the flags of the Commonwealth and the United States. Public Service. |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2380 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 providing the next of kin of a police officer or firefighter killed in the line of duty with the flags of the Commonwealth and the United States.
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 32 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 89E the following section:-
Section 89F. If a sworn police officer of a police department of city or town, a sworn police officer of the department of state police or a firefighter for a fire department of a city or town, is killed, or dies from injuries received, or dies as a natural or proximate result of undergoing a hazard peculiar to his or her employment, while in the performance of his or her duty, their next of kin shall receive a flag of the commonwealth of Massachusetts and a flag of the United States during the memorial service, the cost of which shall be borne by the commonwealth.