HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1768 FILED ON: 1/15/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2728
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Thomas P. Walsh
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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 establishing the Massachusetts Law Enforcement Memorial Fund.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: | Date Added: |
Thomas P. Walsh | 12th Essex | 1/15/2025 |
Steven George Xiarhos | 5th Barnstable | 3/4/2025 |
Kenneth P. Sweezey | 6th Plymouth | 4/18/2025 |
Christopher Hendricks | 11th Bristol | 5/2/2025 |
Jeffrey Rosario Turco | 19th Suffolk | 5/2/2025 |
David Paul Linsky | 5th Middlesex | 5/2/2025 |
Marc T. Lombardo | 22nd Middlesex | 5/2/2025 |
Margaret R. Scarsdale | 1st Middlesex | 5/5/2025 |
Sean Garballey | 23rd Middlesex | 5/7/2025 |
Adrian C. Madaro | 1st Suffolk | 5/14/2025 |
Peter J. Durant | Worcester and Hampshire | 5/14/2025 |
James C. Arena-DeRosa | 8th Middlesex | 5/14/2025 |
Bradley H. Jones, Jr. | 20th Middlesex | 5/15/2025 |
Norman J. Orrall | 12th Bristol | 5/15/2025 |
Steven S. Howitt | 4th Bristol | 5/15/2025 |
David T. Vieira | 3rd Barnstable | 5/15/2025 |
John J. Marsi | 6th Worcester | 5/21/2025 |
Hannah Kane | 11th Worcester | 5/21/2025 |
Nick Collins | First Suffolk | 5/30/2025 |
Michelle L. Badger | 1st Plymouth | 6/16/2025 |
Adam J. Scanlon | 14th Bristol | 7/23/2025 |
Thomas M. Stanley | 9th Middlesex | 10/9/2025 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1768 FILED ON: 1/15/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2728
By Representative Walsh of Peabody, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2728) of Thomas P. Walsh and Steven George Xiarhos for legislation to establish the Massachusetts law enforcement memorial fund. Public Safety and Homeland Security. |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2417 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 establishing the Massachusetts Law Enforcement Memorial Fund.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Chapter 10 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after section 35SSS the following section:
Section 35TTT. There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Massachusetts Law Enforcement Memorial Fund to be used without appropriation by a department of public safety for the purpose of making annual payments to the Massachusetts Law Enforcement Memorial to memorialize and honor Massachusetts law enforcement personnel killed in the line of duty. There shall be credited to the fund revenues received by the commonwealth from the sale of registration plates under section 2G of chapter 90.