HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 174        FILED ON: 1/10/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2667

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Michael J. Soter

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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 to provide public safety telecommunicators with the same internal benefits as first responders.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Michael J. Soter

8th Worcester

1/10/2023

Susannah M. Whipps

2nd Franklin

1/11/2023

Steven George Xiarhos

5th Barnstable

1/11/2023

Joseph D. McKenna

18th Worcester

1/11/2023

Marcus S. Vaughn

9th Norfolk

1/12/2023

F. Jay Barrows

1st Bristol

1/13/2023

Patrick Joseph Kearney

4th Plymouth

1/20/2023

Dylan A. Fernandes

Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket

1/30/2023

David K. Muradian, Jr.

9th Worcester

2/6/2023

Carol A. Doherty

3rd Bristol

2/6/2023

Lindsay N. Sabadosa

1st Hampshire

2/22/2023

Rodney M. Elliott

16th Middlesex

2/22/2023

James K. Hawkins

2nd Bristol

2/23/2023

Hannah Kane

11th Worcester

2/24/2023

Samantha Montaño

15th Suffolk

2/27/2023

Jacob R. Oliveira

Hampden, Hampshire and Worcester

3/13/2023

Christopher Richard Flanagan

1st Barnstable

3/14/2023

Rady Mom

18th Middlesex

3/22/2023

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

4/3/2023

Ryan C. Fattman

Worcester and Hampden

4/5/2023

Steven S. Howitt

4th Bristol

4/12/2023

David Allen Robertson

19th Middlesex

4/12/2023

Michael D. Brady

Second Plymouth and Norfolk

7/27/2023


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 174        FILED ON: 1/10/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2667

By Representative Soter of Bellingham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2667) of Michael J. Soter and others for legislation to provide public safety telecommunicators with the same internal benefits as first responders.  Public Service.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2781 OF 2021-2022.]

 

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 to provide public safety telecommunicators with the same internal benefits as first responders.

 

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

Notwithstanding any general or special law or rule or regulation to the contrary, all Public Safety Dispatchers or Public Safety Telecommunicators shall receive the same internal benefits as First Responders. For the purpose of this paragraph, " Public Safety Dispatchers or Public Safety Telecommunicators" means an individual employed by a public safety agency, as the initial first responder, whose primary responsibility is to receive, process, transmit, or dispatch emergency and nonemergency calls for law enforcement, fire, emergency medical, and other public safety services by telephone, radio, or other communication device, and includes an individual who promotes from this position and supervises individuals who perform these functions. No change shall be made to such Telecommunicators' compensation and pension benefits.