HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4037        FILED ON: 1/17/2025

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2690

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Daniel J. Ryan and David Biele

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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 violation of regulation regarding hot work processes.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Daniel J. Ryan

2nd Suffolk

1/17/2025

Marcus S. Vaughn

9th Norfolk

1/23/2025

John J. Marsi

6th Worcester

1/23/2025

Christopher Richard Flanagan

1st Barnstable

1/23/2025

Steven George Xiarhos

5th Barnstable

1/23/2025

David F. DeCoste

5th Plymouth

1/23/2025

Paul K. Frost

7th Worcester

1/23/2025

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

1/23/2025

Patrick Joseph Kearney

4th Plymouth

1/23/2025

Rodney M. Elliott

16th Middlesex

1/23/2025

Michael J. Soter

8th Worcester

1/23/2025

Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr.

28th Middlesex

1/23/2025

Steven Ultrino

33rd Middlesex

1/27/2025

Danillo A. Sena

37th Middlesex

1/27/2025

Erika Uyterhoeven

27th Middlesex

1/29/2025

Michael D. Brady

Second Plymouth and Norfolk

2/4/2025

Samantha Montaño

15th Suffolk

2/4/2025

Jacob R. Oliveira

Hampden, Hampshire and Worcester

2/10/2025

James K. Hawkins

2nd Bristol

2/10/2025

Daniel Cahill

10th Essex

2/10/2025

James C. Arena-DeRosa

8th Middlesex

2/12/2025

William F. MacGregor

10th Suffolk

2/18/2025

James Arciero

2nd Middlesex

2/24/2025

Natalie M. Higgins

4th Worcester

2/24/2025

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

3/3/2025

Antonio F. D. Cabral

13th Bristol

3/5/2025

Ryan M. Hamilton

15th Essex

3/25/2025

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

3/26/2025

Nick Collins

First Suffolk

3/31/2025

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

12th Hampden

4/2/2025

Hannah Kane

11th Worcester

4/2/2025

Christopher Hendricks

11th Bristol

4/2/2025

Tara T. Hong

18th Middlesex

4/2/2025

Donald H. Wong

9th Essex

4/3/2025

Colleen M. Garry

36th Middlesex

4/7/2025

Richard G. Wells, Jr.

7th Norfolk

4/9/2025

Thomas W. Moakley

Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket

4/10/2025

Daniel J. Hunt

13th Suffolk

4/18/2025

Dennis C. Gallagher

8th Plymouth

6/3/2025

Kathleen R. LaNatra

12th Plymouth

6/5/2025

Margaret R. Scarsdale

1st Middlesex

6/16/2025

Tackey Chan

2nd Norfolk

6/26/2025


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4037        FILED ON: 1/17/2025

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2690

By Representatives Ryan of Boston and Biele of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2690) of Daniel J. Ryan, Marcus S. Vaughn and others for legislation relative to violation of regulation regarding hot work processes.  Public Safety and Homeland Security.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 2712 OF 2023-2024.]

 

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 violation of regulation regarding hot work processes.

 

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

Chapter 22 of the General Laws us hereby amended by adding the following section:-

Section 23. The department of fire services in cooperation with the division of occupational licensure and code enforcement officers authorized under chapter 148A, shall collect data on written notices of code violations and fines arising from violations of, or non-compliance with, chapter 148 or any rules or regulations issued under said chapter 148 including, but not limited to: (i) the failure of an individual to maintain hot work training certification; (ii) performing hot work without hot work training certification; and (iii) failure to comply with hot work permit requirements.

The department shall develop, operate and maintain a database containing the information required to be collected under this section. The database shall: (i) be publicly accessible on the department's website; and (ii) allow for an automated notification system to alert affected property owners and insurance companies.