Budget Amendment ID: FY2019-S4-1007-R1

Redraft JUD 1007

Public Safety Reform

Messrs. deMacedo, Tarr, Humason, Collins, Fattman and Ross moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting the following sections:-

SECTION XX. Section 1 of chapter 265 of the General Laws is hereby amended  by inserting the following paragraph:- “In the case where any person is charged with the murder of a police officer, corrections officer, probation officer, District Attorney or Assistant District Attorney, Trial Court officer, or Trial Court judge, such person shall be charged with Murder in The First Degree. If found guilty, such person shall be sentenced to a life term in state prison with no eligibility for parole.”