HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 747        FILED ON: 1/13/2025

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2736

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Steven George Xiarhos and Richard G. Wells, 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 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

1/13/2025

Richard G. Wells, Jr.

7th Norfolk

1/13/2025

Paul K. Frost

7th Worcester

1/25/2025

Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr.

5th Worcester

2/11/2025

Joseph D. McKenna

18th Worcester

2/11/2025

John H. Rogers

12th Norfolk

3/25/2025

David T. Vieira

3rd Barnstable

3/25/2025

John J. Marsi

6th Worcester

3/25/2025

Michael J. Soter

8th Worcester

3/25/2025

Kenneth P. Sweezey

6th Plymouth

3/25/2025

Adam J. Scanlon

14th Bristol

3/25/2025

James C. Arena-DeRosa

8th Middlesex

3/25/2025

Jonathan D. Zlotnik

2nd Worcester

3/25/2025

Kelly W. Pease

4th Hampden

3/25/2025

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

3/25/2025

Jeffrey Rosario Turco

19th Suffolk

3/25/2025

Michael D. Brady

Second Plymouth and Norfolk

4/4/2025

Paul R. Feeney

Bristol and Norfolk

4/28/2025

Marcus S. Vaughn

9th Norfolk

7/31/2025


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 747        FILED ON: 1/13/2025

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2736

By Representatives Xiarhos of Barnstable and Wells of Milton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2736) of Steven George Xiarhos, Richard G. Wells, Jr. and others relative to the security of exercise equipment and free weights in correctional institutions.  Public Safety and Homeland Security.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2422 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 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.