SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1839        FILED ON: 2/18/2021

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1204

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Anne M. Gobi

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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 for the protection of emergency responders from dismissal.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

 

Anne M. Gobi

Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex

 

Susannah M. Whipps

2nd Franklin

3/19/2021


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1839        FILED ON: 2/18/2021

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1204

By Ms. Gobi, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1204) of Anne M. Gobi and Susannah M. Whipps for legislation to prohibit disciplinary actions by employers on employees serving as volunteer emergency responders.  Labor and Workforce Development.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 1078 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 for the protection of emergency responders from dismissal.

 

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. Section 177B of Chapter 149 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “ambulance department” each time it appears, the following words:- or emergency responders.

SECTION 2. The first paragraph of said Section 177B of said Chapter 149, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking the words "capacity as a volunteer member of a fire department or ambulance department" in lines 5 and 6 and inserting in place thereof the following words:- "work at an emergency shelter, or his capacity as a volunteer member of a fire department or ambulance department."

SECTION 3. Said Section 177B of said Chapter 149, as so appearing, is hereby further amended in paragraph 2 by inserting after the word “emergency medical technician”, the following words:- "or emergency responder".