HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 600        FILED ON: 1/13/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2422

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Steven George Xiarhos

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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 the security of exercise equipment and free weights in correctional institutions.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Steven George Xiarhos

5th Barnstable

1/13/2023

Joseph D. McKenna

18th Worcester

1/30/2023

Michael J. Soter

8th Worcester

1/30/2023

Paul K. Frost

7th Worcester

1/30/2023

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

12th Hampden

1/30/2023

Rodney M. Elliott

16th Middlesex

1/30/2023

Susan Williams Gifford

2nd Plymouth

1/30/2023

Steven S. Howitt

4th Bristol

1/30/2023

Kimberly N. Ferguson

1st Worcester

1/30/2023

Todd M. Smola

1st Hampden

1/31/2023

Kelly W. Pease

4th Hampden

1/31/2023

Hannah Kane

11th Worcester

1/31/2023

Angelo L. D'Emilia

8th Plymouth

1/31/2023

Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr.

28th Middlesex

1/31/2023

Kathleen R. LaNatra

12th Plymouth

2/1/2023

Marcus S. Vaughn

9th Norfolk

2/1/2023

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

2/2/2023

David K. Muradian, Jr.

9th Worcester

2/6/2023

James K. Hawkins

2nd Bristol

2/8/2023

David T. Vieira

3rd Barnstable

2/9/2023

David F. DeCoste

5th Plymouth

2/9/2023

Peter J. Durant

6th Worcester

2/9/2023

F. Jay Barrows

1st Bristol

2/9/2023

Jeffrey Rosario Turco

19th Suffolk

2/13/2023

Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr.

5th Worcester

2/15/2023

Brian W. Murray

10th Worcester

2/17/2023

Anne M. Gobi

Worcester and Hampshire

2/21/2023

Michael O. Moore

Second Worcester

3/15/2023

Nick Collins

First Suffolk

3/16/2023

Donald H. Wong

9th Essex

3/16/2023

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

20th Middlesex

3/16/2023


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 600        FILED ON: 1/13/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2422

By Representative Xiarhos of Barnstable, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2422) of Steven George Xiarhos and others relative to the security of exercise equipment and free weights in correctional institutions.  Public Safety and Homeland Security.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)

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An Act relative to the security of exercise equipment and free weights in correctional institutions.

 

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. This Act shall be commonly known as "Matt's Law".

SECTION 2. Section 14 of Chapter 125 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting at the end thereof the following sentence:- The superintendent shall be responsible for ensuring that any and all exercise equipment accessible by inmates is secured in order to prevent its removal and that no inmate in a medium-security or maximum-security correctional institution has access to any free weights.