Consolidated Amendment "B" to H4860

Consolidated

Amendments: 3, 10, 19, 32, 55, 60, 75, 89, 95, 96, 136, 137, 139, 141, 145, 160, 162, 165, 167, 171, 174, 178, 181, 182, 187, 190, 192, 199, 202, 207, and 212

 

Mr. Michlewitz of Boston moves to amend the bill, as amended, in section 29, in line 371, by striking out the word “Three” and inserting in place thereof the word:- Four;

 

And moves to further amend the bill in section 29, in line 920, by inserting after the word “deaths” the following words:- , including the injuries or deaths of police officers;

 

And moves to further amend the bill in section 82, in line 1596, by inserting after the word “caucus;” the following words:- 2 members appointed by the Massachusetts House Asian Caucus who shall not be members of the caucus;

 

And moves to further amend the bill in section 83, in line 1630, by striking out the figure “17” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- 25;

 

And moves to further amend the bill in section 83, in line 1635, by inserting after the word “law;” the following words:- 1 member appointed by the chair of the Massachusetts Minority Law Enforcement Officers Association; 1 member appointed by the chair of the Massachusetts Minority State Police Officers Association; 1 member appointed by the chair of the Massachusetts Latino Police Officers Association; 1 member appointed by the chair of the Massachusetts Association of Women in Law Enforcement; 2 members appointed by the Massachusetts House Asian caucus who shall have expertise in constitutional or civil rights law; the president of the Massachusetts Sheriffs’ Association or a designee; 1 member appointed by the Massachusetts Coalition of Police;

 

And moves to further amend the bill in section 84, in line 1702 by striking out the figure “13” and inserting in place thereof the figure:- 15;

 

And moves to further amend the bill in section 84, in line 1712, by inserting after the word “designee” the following words:- ; 1 of whom shall be the president of the Massachusetts Sheriffs’ Association or a designee; 1 of whom shall be the president of the district attorneys association or a designee;

 

And moves to further amend the bill in section 85, in line 1743, by striking out the figure “25” and inserting in place thereof the figure:- 27;

 

And moves to further amend the bill in section 85, in line 1761, by inserting after the word “caucus;” the following words:- 1 of whom shall be the chair of the Massachusetts House Asian caucus or a designee;

 

And moves to further amend the bill in section 86, in line 1815, by striking out the figure “19” and inserting in place thereof the figure:- 21;

 

And moves to further amend the bill in section 86, in line 1819, by inserting after the words “designee;”, the first time it appears, the following words:- 1 of whom shall be the chair of the Massachusetts House Asian caucus or a designee;

 

And moves to further amend the bill in section 86, in line 1826, by striking out the figure “7” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- 8;

 

And moves to further amend the bill in section 86, in line 1828, by inserting after the word “Incorporated,” the following words:- 1 of whom shall be from the Massachusetts Police Association,;

 

And moves to further amend the bill in section 88 by striking out, in lines1867 to 1869, the words “15 members: 2 of whom shall be members of the house of representatives to be appointed by the speaker of the house, 1 of whom shall be member of the Massachusetts Black and Latino legislative caucus” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- 17 members: 4 of whom shall be members of the house of representatives to be appointed by the speaker of the house, 1 of whom shall be a member of the Massachusetts Black and Latino legislative caucus and 1 of whom shall be a member of the Massachusetts House Asian caucus;

 

And moves to further amend the bill in section 89 by striking out, in lines 1898 to1901, the words “11 members: 2 of whom shall be members of the house of representatives to be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives,1 of whom shall be a member of the Massachusetts Black and Latino legislative caucus” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- 13 members: 4 of whom shall be members of the house of representatives to be appointed by the speaker of the house, 1 of whom shall be a member of the Massachusetts Black and Latino legislative caucus and 1 of whom shall be a member of the Massachusetts House Asian caucus;

 

And moves to further amend the bill in section 90 by striking out, in lines 1925 to 1928, the words “11 members: 2 of whom shall be members of the house of representatives to be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, 1 of whom shall be a member of the Massachusetts Black and Latino legislative caucus” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- 13 members: 4 of whom shall be members of the house of representatives to be appointed by the speaker of the house, 1 of whom shall be a member of the Massachusetts Black and Latino legislative caucus and 1 of whom shall be a member of the Massachusetts House Asian caucus;

 

And moves to further amend the bill by adding at the end thereof the following section:-

 

SECTION 92. The Massachusetts police standards and training commission, established in section 2 of chapter 6E, shall establish an anonymous work environment survey for each certified law enforcement officer to complete annually. The survey shall collect information and data of officers opinions of their work environment, which shall include, but not be limited to: (1) the race, gender, a range of age, a range of years of service for each officer; (2) the average number of hours of work per week including overtime; (3) the working conditions of physical law enforcement department; (4) conditions of available equipment and adequacy of supplies; (5) the overall workplace environment; and (6) the ability to provide additional comments. The data shall be collected in aggregate in a manner most useful to make recommendations on what additional resources, if any, should be provided to police departments. Said survey shall be completed by July 1st of each year and a report provided to the secretary of public safety and homeland security, the house committee on ways and means, the senate committee on ways and means, and the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on public safety and homeland security no later than September 30th of each year.