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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Kip A. Diggs

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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 firefighter residency.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Kip A. Diggs

2nd Barnstable

1/15/2025

Marcus S. Vaughn

9th Norfolk

1/23/2025

John J. Marsi

6th Worcester

1/23/2025

Christopher Richard Flanagan

1st Barnstable

1/23/2025

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

12th Hampden

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

Dennis C. Gallagher

8th 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

Joseph D. McKenna

18th Worcester

1/24/2025

Steven Ultrino

33rd Middlesex

1/24/2025

Mark D. Sylvia

10th Bristol

1/30/2025

Danillo A. Sena

37th Middlesex

1/30/2025

Erika Uyterhoeven

27th Middlesex

1/30/2025

Michael D. Brady

Second Plymouth and Norfolk

1/30/2025


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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 firefighter residency.

 

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

Section 99A of chapter 41 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking the section in its entirety and inserting in place thereof the following section:-

Section 99A. Any member of the regular police or fire department and fire alarm division of a city or town appointed subsequent to August first, nineteen hundred and seventy eight who is not subject to chapter 31 shall reside within fifteen miles of the limits of said city or town. Said distance shall be measured from the closest border limits of said city or town in which said member is employed to the closest border limits of the city or town in which said member lives; provided, however, a city or town may increase the fifteen mile residency limit under a collective bargaining agreement negotiated in accordance with chapter 150E.