Amendment ID: S35-15

Amendment 15

Providing for the protection of emergency first responders from dismissal

Ms. Gobi and Mr. O'Connor move that the proposed new text be amended by adding, after Section 15, the following new sections:

"SECTION X. Section 177B of Chapter 149 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “ambulance department” each time it appears, the following words:- or emergency responders.

SECTION XX. The first paragraph of said Section 177B of said Chapter 149, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking the words "capacity as a volunteer member of a fire department or ambulance department" in lines 5 and 6 and inserting in place thereof the following words:- "work at an emergency shelter, or his capacity as a volunteer member of a fire department or ambulance department."

SECTION XXX. Said Section 177B of said Chapter 149, as so appearing, is hereby further amended in paragraph 2 by inserting after the word “emergency medical technician”, the following words:- "or emergency responder"."