Public Safety
| HD 3832 | An Act Relative to the Issuance of a Motor Vehicle Citation for Firearms Arrests |
For each person convicted as a result of a firearm arrest, the Registrar of Motor Vehicles would suspend/revoke the right to operate and register a motor vehicle in the Commonwealth. The period of suspension would not exceed 5 years, but an officer can later tell in routine traffic stops that a person has had a prior firearm offense.
| Previous: | New |
| Sponsor: | Angelo Scaccia |
| Co-Sponsors: | "Private Citizen" | Thomas M. Menino, Mayor
City of Boston |
| Anthony Petruccelli | 1st Suffolk |
| Michael Festa | 32nd Middlesex |
| HD 2745 | An Act Relative to the Destruction of Drugs Held by Police Departments |
By current law, Police Departments are required to hold and store all drugs seized in an arrest. This results in a dangerous situation where large quantities of drugs are being stored in a warehouse and need to be guarded around the clock. To destroy the evidence, Police Departments must obtain an order from the District Attorney. While BPD is currently working on getting orders for much of the current stockpile of narcotics, this bill sets up a procedure for drug destruction, based on the current federal procedure and following federal evidentiary guidelines.
| Co-Sponsors: | "Private Citizen" | Thomas M. Menino, Mayor
City of Boston |
| Anthony Petruccelli | 1st Suffolk |
| Willie Mae Allen | 6th Suffolk |
Gloria L. Fox | 7th Suffolk |
| HD 3025 | An Act to Enhance the Threats Statute |
This would allow apprehension of a person who makes a threat against someone else without a warrant. Currently, police must obtain a warrant to make an arrest - this would allow apprehension without that warrant.
| Previous: | New |
| Sponsor: | Michael Rush |
| Co-Sponsors: | "Private Citizen" | Thomas M. Menino, Mayor
City of Boston |
| HD 2957 | An Act to Require Mandatory Post-Release Supervision and Assistance for all Offenders Released from State and County Incarceration |
About 40% of the offenders released from the State Prison, and almost all the offenders released from the Suffolk County House of Corrections, are returning to the streets of Boston without guidance on re-entering society. This would allow an additional tool for the state to provide additional services to those offenders who would benefit from such assistance.
| Previous: | New |
| Sponsor: | Gloria L. Fox |
| Co-Sponsors: |
"Private Citizen" | Thomas M. Menino, Mayor
City of Boston |
| Elizabeth A. Malia | 11th Suffolk |
| Michael Festa | 32nd Middlesex |
| HD 1839 |
An Act Relative to the Failure to Submit to a Police Officer |
Presently, when a driver fails to pull over and stop when directed to do so or fails to produce a license, there is a $100 penalty. This would change that penalty to a $500 fine and up to a year in jail time.
| Previous: | H. 3373 of the 03-04 session |
| Sponsor: | Brian Wallace |
| Co-Sponsors: |
"Private Citizen" | Thomas M. Menino, Mayor
City of Boston |
| Michael Festa | 32nd Middlesex |
| HD 3319 |
An Act Relative to Assault and Battery Upon Public Employees |
After a number of assaults on parking enforcement officers, this issue emerged as a problem because the City could not aggressively pursue action against the offenders. This bill seeks an increase in the maximum term of imprisonment to not less than 180 days or more than 5 years in a House of Correction, with a fine to not less than $1000 or more than $10,000.
| Previous: | HD 4718 of the 05-06 session |
| Sponsor: | Jeffrey Sanchez |
| Co-Sponsors: |
"Private Citizen" |
Thomas M. Menino, Mayor
City of Boston |
| Michael Rush | 10th Suffolk |
| Anthony Petruccelli | 1st Suffolk |
| Steven A. Tolman | 2nd Suffolk and Middlesex (Senate) |
| Michael Festa | 32nd Middlesex |
| John A. Hart, Jr. | 1st Suffolk (Senate) |
| Elizabeth A. Malia | 11th Suffolk |
| John W. Scibak | 2nd Hampshire |
| HD 2926
| An Act Relative to the Speed Limit in Cities and Towns |
This legislation would reduce the speed limit in thickly settled areas and in business districts from the current level of 30 miles per hour to 25 miles per hour.
| Previous: | H. 2081 from the 05-06 session |
| Sponsor: | Elizabeth A. Malia |
| Co-Sponsors: |
"Private Citizen" |
Thomas M. Menino, Mayor
City of Boston |
| Willie Mae Allen | 6th Suffolk |
| Anthony Petruccelli | 1st Suffolk |
| Michael Rush | 10th Suffolk |
| Michael Festa | 32nd Middlesex |
| Marie St. Fleur | 5th Suffolk |
| Kay Khan | 11th Middlesex |
| John A. Hart, Jr. | 1st Suffolk (Senate) |
| Martha M. Walz | 8th Suffolk |
| John W. Scibak | 2nd Hampshire |
| HD 1799 | An Act Permitting the Use of Traffic Control Signal Violation Monitoring System Devices as a Means of Promoting Traffic Safety |
This legislation would provide for the creation of a pilot program for Boston and Cambridge to use photo-monitoring devices to enforce traffic control signals.
| Previous: | H. 2023 from the 05-06 session |
| Sponsor: | Kevin G. Honan |
| Co-Sponsors: |
"Private Citizen" |
Thomas M. Menino, Mayor
City of Boston |
| John A. Hart, Jr. | 1st Suffolk (Senate) |
| Elizabeth A. Malia | 11th Suffolk |
| HD 1851 |
An Act Relative to the Illegal Use of Motor Vehicle "Hides"-
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This makes use of a motor vehicle hide, which is legal for transport of items such as jewelry, illegal when used for criminal activity. It adds a minimum of 3 years and not more than 5 years to any eventual sentence.
| Previous: | H. 3308 of the 03-04 session |
| Sponsor: | Brian Wallace |
| Co-Sponsors: |
"Private Citizen" |
Thomas M. Menino, Mayor
City of Boston |
| Michael Rush | 10th Suffolk |
| Michael Festa | 32nd Middlesex |
| Kay Khan | 11th Middlesex |
| Elizabeth A. Malia | 11th Suffolk |
| John W. Scibak | 2nd Hampshire |
| HD 2679 |
An Act to Increase Access to Information Regarding Drug Overdose Deaths |
This would require that the medical examiner, upon determination that a death was cause by a negligent act or by drugs, report that information to the local district attorney and the police department. There is currently no reporting requirement and so cases that might otherwise be able to be linked together often cannot be done.
| Previous: | H. 1899 of the 03-04 session |
| Sponsor: | Martin J. Walsh |
| Co-Sponsors: |
"Private Citizen" |
Thomas M. Menino, Mayor
City of Boston |
| Elizabeth A. Malia | 11th Suffolk |
| Michael Rush | 10th Suffolk |
| Steven Tolman | 2nd Suffolk and Middlesex (Senate) |
| Michael Festa | 32nd Middlesex |
| Kay Khan | 11th Middlesex |
| HD 1861 |
An Act to Provide Concurrent Police Authority for Massachusetts Port Authority Properties |
This bill would provide concurrent jurisdiction on all MassPort Authority for the local law enforcement agency. Without this designation, public safety in these areas may be compromised.
| Previous: | New |
| Sponsor: | Brian Wallace |
| Co-Sponsors: |
"Private Citizen" |
Thomas M. Menino, Mayor
City of Boston |
| Anthony Petruccelli | 1st Suffolk |
| Michael Rush |
Steven A. Tolman |
| Michael Festa |
Elizabeth A. Malia |
| HD 3876 | An Act Relative to Firefighter Communication in Buildings |
Currently, most high-rise buildings have hard-wired telephone fire communication systems. This means that for fire fighters in the building to receive information/communication from units outside the building, they must use the "fire phone" on the floor which they are working.
| Previous: | H. 1409 from the 05-06 session |
| Sponsor: | Michael Rush |
| Co-Sponsors: |
"Private Citizen" |
Thomas M. Menino, Mayor
City of Boston |
| Michael Rush |
Elizabeth A. Malia |
| HD 3884 | An Act Clarifying Enforcement of the State Fire Code
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Currently state-owned buildings and state authority-owned buildings are not required to comply with the state fire code because the general laws do not specifically mention that the state must comply with the code. This legislation would amend the General Laws to make either the state fire marshal or the local fire department in charge of enforcing the fire code with respect to state buildings.
| Previous: | Redraft of H. 3400 from the 01-02 session |
| Sponsor: | Michael Rush |
| Co-Sponsors: |
"Private Citizen" |
Thomas M. Menino, Mayor
City of Boston |
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