HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2682        FILED ON: 1/16/2025

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1877

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr.

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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 assault and battery upon a transit worker.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr.

28th Middlesex

1/16/2025

Jessica Ann Giannino

16th Suffolk

2/6/2025

Tram T. Nguyen

18th Essex

2/12/2025

David F. DeCoste

5th Plymouth

2/12/2025

Brian W. Murray

10th Worcester

2/12/2025

Steven George Xiarhos

5th Barnstable

2/12/2025

Paul J. Donato

35th Middlesex

2/12/2025

Adam J. Scanlon

14th Bristol

2/27/2025

Sean Reid

11th Essex

3/5/2025

Christopher J. Worrell

5th Suffolk

3/6/2025

Steven Ultrino

33rd Middlesex

3/12/2025

Jay D. Livingstone

8th Suffolk

3/12/2025

Adrian C. Madaro

1st Suffolk

3/18/2025

James M. Murphy

4th Norfolk

3/18/2025

John J. Marsi

6th Worcester

3/19/2025

Rodney M. Elliott

16th Middlesex

3/20/2025

Thomas P. Walsh

12th Essex

3/20/2025

Lindsay N. Sabadosa

1st Hampshire

3/24/2025

David Biele

4th Suffolk

3/25/2025

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

3/25/2025

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf

17th Worcester

4/7/2025

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

20th Middlesex

4/10/2025

Michael D. Brady

Second Plymouth and Norfolk

6/11/2025

Richard G. Wells, Jr.

7th Norfolk

6/11/2025


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2682        FILED ON: 1/16/2025

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1877

By Representative McGonagle of Everett, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1877) of Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr., and others relative to the offense of assault and battery upon transit workers.  The Judiciary.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)

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An Act relative to assault and battery upon a transit worker.

 

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 13D of chapter 265 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting, in line 1, after the word “battery,” the following words:- including assault and battery by means of a bodily substance,.

SECTION 2. Said section 13D of said chapter 265 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting, in line 2, after the word “employee,” the following words:- including but not limited to a public transit worker,.

SECTION 3. Said section 13D of said chapter 265 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting, in line 6, after the word “dollars.” the following sentence:- For the purposes of this section, “bodily substance” shall mean any human secretion, discharge or emission including, but not limited to, blood, saliva, mucous, semen, urine or feces.