JOINT COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY

House Staff:
Room 167
State House
Boston, MA 02133
House Staff Telephone: (617) 722-2230


Senate Staff:
Room 507
State House
Boston, MA 02133
Senate Staff Telephone: (617) 722-1222


It shall be the duty of the committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security to consider all matters concerning laws relating to shipping or otherwise transporting energy sources, the saefty of the public, including civil defense, firearms and gun control, fire laws, motor vehicle laws, motor vehicle safety belts (including school buses), the correction system including administration, prisoners' rights, furloughs, work release, probation, rehabilitation, homeland or Commonwealth security matters, other matters related to federal facilities.


Members appointed to the committee:

Senators
Timilty of Bristol and Norfolk - Chair
Brewer of Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin - Vice-Chair
Buoniconti of Hampden
Candaras of First Hampden and Hampshire
Joyce of Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex
Brown of Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex

Representatives
Costello of Newburyport - Chair
Donelan of Orange- Vice-Chair
Toomey of Cambridge
Ayers of Quincy
Nangle of Lowell
Alicea of Charlton
Campbell of Methuen
Aguiar of Fall River
Ashe of Longmeadow
Perry of Sandwich
Hill of Ipswich

List of matters that have been referred to the committee:



Docket No.
 Bill No. Sponsor Title
       
SD161 S910 Baddour An Act establishing the Massachusetts Missing Child Clearinghouse 
SD1304 S911 Baddour An Act relative to the enhancement of public safety. 
SD1971 S912 Baddour An Act relative to public safety. 
SD173 S913 Brewer An Act relative to an unloaded rifle or shotgun. 
SD181 S914 Brewer An Act relative to certain tanks used for the storage of fluids. 
SD192 S915 Brewer An Act relative to changing the hoisting law. 
SD201 S916 Brewer An Act amending the enclosure for public and semipublic outdoor inground swimming pools. 
SD206 S917 Brewer An Act relative to the oversight of inspections. 
SD212 S918 Brewer An Act relative to missing persons. 
SD216 S919 Brewer An Act reducing firearm license application fees. 
SD217 S920 Brewer An Act further regulating the issuance of firearm identification cards and licenses to carry firearms. 
SD223 S921 Brewer An Act relative to the safety of law enforcement officers. 
SD231 S922 Brewer An Act to include call/volunteer firefighters on the Massachusetts fire training council. 
SD232 S923 Brewer An Act to include call/volunteer firefighters on the fire service commission. 
SD239 S924 Brewer An Act relative to fair licensing. 
SD255 S925 Brewer An Act improving safety in the commonwealth. 
SD259 S926 Brewer An Act relative to certain ammunition. 
SD264 S927 Brewer An Act relative to the lawful sale of ammunition. 
SD1667 S928 Brown An Act creating a commission to study the effectiveness of a drug dealer registry in the Commonwealth . 
SD1678 S929 Brown An Act relative to remove pepper spray from firearms identification 
SD1566 S930 Candaras An Act to prohibit price gouging during states of emergency. 
SD566 S931 Chandler An Act regarding the Commonwealth Fusion Center and other intelligence data centers. 
SD1276 S932 Chandler An Act establishing a regional lockup facility inWorcester county. 
SD1670 S933 Chang-Díaz An Act Regarding the Prevention of Illegal Trafficking and Gun Violence Among Youth in the Commonwealth. 
SD1088 S934 Creem An Act relative to the interstate compact warrant. 
SD1556 S935 Creem An Act to require tagging of explosive materials. 
SD1748 S936 Creem An Act relative to training for law enforcement in dealing with individuals suffering from mental illness. 
SD1779 S937 Creem An Act relative to medical examinations in correctional facilities. 
SD1803 S938 Creem An Act relative to preventing illegal trafficking of firearms. 
SD1990 S939 Creem An Act Relative to Classification of Prisoners. 
SD2004 S940 Creem AN ACT TO IMPROVE JUVENILE JUSTICE DATA COLLECTION. 
SD577 S941 Eldridge An Act punishing assault and battery by means of a bodily substance upon correctional facility employees. 
SD588 S942 Eldridge An Act relative to fire prevention in certain buildings. 
SD596 S943 Eldridge An Act Regarding the marriage oath for prisoners. 
SD150 S944 Galluccio An Act relative to consular identification. 
SD287 S945 Galluccio An Act relative to safe transportation of explosive and inflammable materials. 
SD1860 S946 Hart An Act Relative to Gang Violence. 
SD1866 S947 Hart An Act Relative to Protecting the Identity of a 911 caller. 
SD1875 S948 Hart An Act to Provide Funds for Municipally Operated Firefighter Recruit Training Programs. 
SD832 S949 Jehlen An Act Relative to Floor Finishing Products. 
SD880 S950 Jehlen An Act establishing a primary seat belt law. 
SD1404 S951 Kennedy
SD272 S952 Knapik An Act authorizing the police officers to take certain actions outside their jurisdiction. 
SD498 S953 Knapik An Act Relative to the Permitting of Trenches. 
SD1330 S954 McGee An Act providing for HIV testing for at risk police officers. 
SD1434 S955 McGee An Act provide for an air bag on-off switch to ensure safety to women. 
SD1444 S956 McGee An Act relative to improving playgrounds. 
SD1466 S957 McGee An Act promote safety in the transportation of students. 
SD1883 S958 McGee An Act relative to the appointment of certain state racing commission members as special officers. 
SD2012 S959 McGee An Act relative to rock wall climbing safeguards. 
SD94 S960 Menard An Act regulating the use of chimineas. 
SD1565 S961 Menard An Act to improve safety in high-rise buildings. 
SD1201 S962 Moore An Act to Promote Business Continuity and Recovery After a Disaster 
SD1206 S963 Moore An Act Limiting the Implementation of Real ID 
SD1210 S964 Moore An Act Prohibiting the Confiscation of Lawfully Owned Firearms During a State of Emergency 
SD545 S965 Morrissey An Act relative to the exposure of public safety officials to the aids viruss and infectious hepatitis. 
SD561 S966 Morrissey An Act relative to process piping. 
SD638 S967 Morrissey An Act prohibiting the use of paint ball guns. 
SD642 S968 Morrissey An Act relative to the composition of the boston pilots commission. 
SD647 S969 Morrissey An Act relative to the punishment for sale and storage of fireworks. 
SD649 S970 Morrissey An Act requiring a firearms licensing authority to provide a receipt for firearm license applications. 
SD655 S971 Morrissey An Act prohibiting certain information from being transmitted to the us customs and border protection. 
SD657 S972 Morrissey An Act relative to pool fence safety. 
SD850 S973 Morrissey An Act relative to the authority of county sheriffs. 
SD975 S974 O'Leary An Act relative to kayaks. 
SD977 S975 O'Leary An Act relative to remove pepper spray from firearms identification. 
SD2019 S976 Pacheco An Act relative to school bus safety enforcement. 
SD758 S977 Petruccelli An Act to further enhance public safety in the Commonwealth. 
SD810 S978 Petruccelli An Act creating a global positioning system locators in firearms study commission. 
SD1848 S979 Rosenberg An Act relative to officers and employees of the University of Massachusetts Police Department. 
SD617 S980 Tarr An Act relative to port security 
SD862 S981 Tarr An Act requiring payment by certain prisoners of the Commonwealth 
SD1471 S982 Tarr An Act licensing docking pilots. 
SD1099 S983 Timilty An Act relative to the creation of the fire prevention regulations appeals board. 
SD1100 S984 Timilty An Act relative to the enhancement and improvement of the Commonwealth’s laws relating to fire prevention. 
SD1103 S985 Timilty An Act to allow citizens possession of non-lethal protection. 
SD1113 S986 Timilty An Act establishing the Massachusetts armor piercing law. 
SD1114 S987 Timilty An Act relative to emergency medical services at certain prison facilities. 
SD1126 S988 Timilty An Act requiring health care employers to develop and implement programs to prevent workplace violence 
SD1134 S989 Timilty An Act to prohibit certain persons from engaging in activities relating to explosive materials . 
SD1139 S990 Timilty An Act relative to the installation of approved smoke detectors in certain residential buildings or structures. 
SD1141 S991 Timilty An Act relative to hazardous materials response. 
SD1142 S992 Timilty An Act relative to swimming pool safety. 
SD1143 S993 Timilty An Act relative to the oversight of chemical process safety. 
SD1145 S994 Timilty An Act relative to an increase of fines and penalties for violations of laws relating to fire, explosions and fire prevention 
SD1156 S995 Timilty An Act relative to issuing a license to carry firearms to law enforcement officers on college campuses. 
SD1158 S996 Timilty An Act regarding uniform police identifications cards. 
SD1160 S997 Timilty An Act punishing assault and battery by means of a bodily substance upon correctional facility employees. 
SD1162 S998 Timilty An Act regulating the sport of mixed martial arts. 
SD1164 S999 Timilty
SD1008 S1000 Tisei An Act to reduce gun violence and pomote public safety. 
SD1558 S1001 Tisei An Act relative to the sale and possession of bb. 
SD827 S1002 Tolman An Act to preven highway rest area crime. 
SD831 S1003 Tolman An Act relative to the dissemination of information to private detectives. 
SD2030 S1004 Tolman An Act to Limit the Powers of Transit Police. 
HD3823 H2188 Alicea An Act to Prohibit Novelty Lighters. 
HD311 H2189 Allen An Act to Prevent Youth and Gang Violence. 
HD3822 H2190 Allen An Act to Reduce Bicycle and Motor Vehicle Collisions at Intersections. 
HD645 H2191 Atsalis An Act authorizing the town of Barnstable to regulate the delivery of fuel to a waterborne vessel within the boundaries of said town. 
HD665 H2192 Atsalis An Act pertaining to a firefighter apprenticeship program 
HD1279 H2193 Ayers An Act establishing an emergency equipment grant program for firefighters. . 
HD1409 H2194 Ayers An Act establishing uniform safeguards and public protections for consumers conducting bank transactions at automated teller machines. 
HD3226 H2195 Barrows An Act relative to the licensing fees of firearms 
HD3648 H2196 Binienda An Act relative to issuing a license to carry firearms to law enforcement officers. 
HD1676 H2197 Bosley An Act to include call/volunteer firefighters on the Fire Service Commission. 
HD1767 H2198 Bosley An Act to include call/volunteer firefighters on the Massachusetts Fire Training Council. 
HD3156 H2199 Bradley An Act relative to seat belts on school buses. 
HD3567 H2200 Bradley An Act relative to emergency medical care . 
HD358 H2201 Brownsberger An Act allowing police to complete incident responses 
HD1020 H2202 Cabral An Act to close automatic weapon loopholes. 
HD1058 H2203 Cabral An Act establishing safety standards for school buses. 
HD958 H2204 Callahan An Act relative to fees for the renewal of firearm identification cards by certain elderly persons. 
HD1322 H2205 Costello An Act relative to inspection requirements for certain refrigeration and air conditioning units. 
HD1481 H2206 Costello An Act futher prohibiting discrimination in sober housing. 
HD346 H2207 deMacedo An Act relative to life saving devices on boats. 
HD2505 H2208 DiNatale An Act Relative to Steam Boilers. 
HD292 H2209 Donelan An Act relative to the University of Massachusetts police department. 
HD301 H2210 Donelan An Act relative to public safety employees. 
HD303 H2211 Donelan An Act relative to a fire equipment grant program. 
HD1662 H2212 Driscoll An Act relative to licensed residential properties. 
HD3535 H2213 Fagan An Act requiring police departments to notify school superintendents upon the issuance of felony complaints against students. 
HD2896 H2214 Fennell An Act relative to regulating licensed pawnbrokers. . 
HD3190 H2215 Fennell An Act relative to protective custody . 
HD3692 H2216 Fennell An Act To Provide Additional Protection To Local Housing Authority Residents and Local Housing Authority Property From Entry By Persons After Being Forbidden As Trespass. 
HD3576 H2217 Ferrante An Act relative to penalties for false distress calls. 
HD558 H2218 Finegold
HD480 H2219 Fresolo An Act to clarify the use of carbon monoxide alarms. 
HD2066 H2220 Fresolo An Act relative to smoke detectors. 
HD2069 H2221 Fresolo An Act relative to automatic sprinklers. 
HD3285 H2222 Fresolo An Act concerning the disclosure of records involving citizen complaints and the discipline of public safety officers. 
HD3630 H2223 Fresolo An Act relative to the federal protection service. 
HD1659 H2224 Frost An Act placing on call and volunteer firefighters on the fire service commission. 
HD1665 H2225 Frost An Act placing on call and volunteer firefighters on the Massachusetts Fire Training Council. 
HD1667 H2226 Frost An Act providing for the viability of fire hydrants in winter. 
HD1911 H2227 Garballey An Act relative to firefighter training standards and community needs 
HD609 H2228 Garry An Act to require the use of safety helmets while using non motorized scooters by children under the age of 18. 
HD960 H2229 Gobi An Act further regulating the issuance of firearm identification cards and licenses to carry firearms. 
HD972 H2230 Gobi An Act relative to recreational vehicles. 
HD1259 H2231 Gobi An Act to allow hunting on Sunday within the Commonwealth. 
HD1525 H2232 Gobi An Act relative to the use of shotguns. 
HD1541 H2233 Gobi An Act further regulating the issuance of firearms identification. 
HD3574 H2234 Golden An Act for the Protection of Gaming Officials. 
HD774 H2235 Jones An Act creating a task force to study the use of the internet by sex offenders. 
HD895 H2236 Jones An Act relative to establishing a commission to study the reorganization of municipal public safety agencies. 
HD1261 H2237 Jones An Act relative to non lethal self defense spray. 
HD1429 H2238 Jones An Act relative to a report of firearms statistics. 
HD1757 H2239 Khan An Act relative to the creation of a sex offender management board. 
HD2313 H2240 Khan relative to an investigation and study of the Department of Correction
HD3278 H2241 Khan An Act relative to impaired drivers. 
HD681 H2242 Koutoujian An Act relative to domestic violence. 
HD1422 H2243 Koutoujian An Act relative to public safety in the Commonwealth. 
HD2044 H2244 Kujawski An Act relative to mandatory boating safety education. 
HD1626 H2245 Lantigua An Act relative to application for the use of mace. 
HD2177 H2246 Lantigua An Act relative to the expiration of a firearm identification card or gun license. 
HD1190 H2247 Linsky An Act to improve the ballistic database through microstamping ammunition. 
HD2287 H2248 Linsky An Act to restrict the issuance of licenses to carry firearms. 
HD2322 H2249 Linsky An Act to close a loophole in the assault weapons ban and further reduce gun violence in the Commonwealth. 
HD439 H2250 Mariano An Act relative to the promotion of health and safety in taxi cabs. 
HD440 H2251 Mariano An Act to protect preschool bus passengers. 
HD269 H2252 Miceli An Act relative to certain missing persons. 
HD3839 H2253 Murphy An Act relative to licensing docking pilots for public safety. 
HD3880 H2254 Murphy An Act relative to electrical weapon registration. 
HD2459 H2255 Naughton An Act relative to drivers licenses issued to law enforcement officers. 
HD1833 H2256 O'Day An Act relative to jet skis, surf jets, wet bikes, and other personal watercraft in municipalities. 
HD2263 H2257 Patrick An Act relative to automatic sprinklers. 
HD658 H2258 Peake An Act relative to the possession of firearms by people with dementia. 
HD2072 H2259 Peterson An Act relative to civil rights and public safety. 
HD3933 H2260 Peterson An Act further regulating excavation and trench safety. 
HD3934 H2261 Peterson An Act further regulating excavation permits. 
HD1096 H2262 Poirier An Act further regulating persons who direct traffic. 
HD3802 H2263 Polito An Act relative to surrender and storage. 
HD2938 H2264 Puppolo An Act Relative to the State Police . 
HD3181 H2265 Puppolo An Act Relative to Swimming Pool Alarms. 
HD1870 H2266 Reinstein An Act establishing a municipal public safety facilities loan fund. 
HD1872 H2267 Reinstein An Act relative to shooting near highway or dwelling. 
HD1331 H2268 Ross An Act Relative to the Bureau of Forest Fire Control. 
HD3644 H2269 Rush An Act to enhance the threats statute. 
HD3653 H2270 Rush An Act Relative to the state DNA database. 
HD3655 H2271 Rush An Act clarifying enforcement of the state fire code. 
HD3672 H2272 Rush An Act Regulating Uniformed Private Security Firms. 
HD3770 H2273 Rush An Act to provide concurrent police authority for Massachusetts Port Authority properties. 
HD2475 H2274 Sannicandro An Act Relative to pepper spray. 
HD3238 H2275 Sannicandro An Act authorizing reimbursement grants for bullet proof vests for certain police officers. 
HD2612 H2276 Scaccia An Act relative to the destruction of drugs held by police departments. . 
HD1183 H2277 Smizik An Act Relative to the Legalization of Sparklers and Fountains. 
HD1542 H2278 Speliotis An Act relative to the enhancement of fire and explosion prevention in buildings and structures. 
HD2164 H2279 Speranzo An Act Establishing a Permanent Disaster Relief Fund. 
HD3706 H2280 Spiliotis An Act Providing for Child Restraint Seat Belts in Taxi Cabs. 
HD339 H2281 Straus An Act relative to kayak safety. 
HD1208 H2282 Sullivan An Act further protecting public safety. 
HD3236 H2283 Sullivan An Act further regulating exits in sports complexes. 
HD3717 H2284 Swan An Act to prohibit inappropriate language use by sworn law officers. 
HD2623 H2285 Timilty An Act establishing the Massachusetts law enforcement memorial fund. 
HD836 H2286 Toomey An Act relative to information sharing. 
HD2011 H2287 Toomey An Act relative to firearms in the commonwealth. 
HD2017 H2288 Toomey An Act relative to increasing accessibility to nonlethal self defense sprays. 
HD2018 H2289 Toomey An Act allowing the release of police reports to schools. 
HD2022 H2290 Toomey An Act relative to private security and armored car guards. 
HD2024 H2291 Toomey An Act relative to bullet proof vests. 
HD2027 H2292 Toomey An Act relative to investigations of fires and explosions by the state fire marshal. 
HD2029 H2293 Toomey An Act to build and renovate fire and police stations in the commonwealth. 
HD2136 H2294 Toomey An Act relative to the possession of weapons. 
HD2269 H2295 Toomey An Act relative to standards and qualifications for the position of fire chief or chief engineer in cities, towns, fire districts, or authorities. 
HD1589 H2296 Wagner An Act to increase the homeland security of the commonwealth by merging the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority police department into the department of state police. 
HD694 H2297 Wallace An Act relative to safety in mercantile establishments. 
HD580 H2298 Walsh An Act relative to a junior operator seat belt requirement. 
HD2901 H2299 Walsh An Act relative to floor finishing products . 
HD2960 H2300 Walsh An Act pertaining to firefighter training . 
HD2962 H2301 Walsh An Act to promote safety in the transportation of students . 
HD2967 H2302 Walsh An Act relative to floor finishing. 
HD3134 H2303 Walsh An Act relative to Massachusetts port safety. 
HD3340 H2304 Walsh An Act Relative to Floor Finishing Products. 
HD3798 H2305 Walsh An Act to provide funding for hazardous materials preparedness and response teams in the cities of boston, cambridge, and springfield. 
HD1358 H3480 Costello An Act providing appropriate public safety protections for security system user information. 
HD1297 H3481 Patrick An Act relative to emergency planning . 
HD1416 H3600 Speliotis An Act relative to the Architectural Access Board. 
HD1463 H3601 Speliotis An Act relative to fire safety in buildings owned or operated by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 
HD1555 H3602 Speliotis An Act to further clarify the responsibilities and duties of the chief of inspections of the division of inspections. 
HD2579 H3724 Scaccia An Act Relative to Emergency Preparedness and Evacuation Chairs. 
HD4122 H3924 Alicea An Act to prohibit of novelty lighters in the commonwealth. 
HD4215 H3925 Callahan An Act establishing technical assistance grants to certified emergency response teams. 
HD4098 H3926 Garballey An Act establishing a state task force for the prevention of trafficking. 
HD4055 H3927 Golden An Act relative to private swimming pools. 
HD4096 H3928 Golden An Act relative to the automated emergency alert system. 

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