MA H1544

Bill

MA H1544

Relative to police use of epinephrine autoinjectors

Introduced
01/22/2019

In Committee
01/22/2019

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

191st General Court

Bill Summary

Relative to police use of epinephrine autoinjectors. The Judiciary.

AI Summary

This bill amends Chapter 94C of the General Laws to provide legal protections for police officers and individuals who, in good faith, seek or provide medical assistance for someone experiencing an anaphylactic (severe allergic) reaction. Specifically, the bill states that police officers and individuals who seek medical assistance for an anaphylactic reaction will not be charged or prosecuted for possession of a controlled substance if the evidence for the charge was obtained as a result of the incident. Additionally, the bill allows police officers to receive, possess, and administer epinephrine autoinjectors (e.g., EpiPens) to individuals experiencing an anaphylactic reaction, and provides civil liability protection for officers acting in good faith, except in cases of willful, wanton, or reckless conduct.

Committee Categories

Justice

Sponsors (13)

Edward Coppinger (D), Shawn Dooley (R), Paul Feeney (D), Paul Frost (R), Tami Gouveia (D), Pat Haddad (D), Jonathan Hecht (D), Louis Kafka (D), Patrick Kearney (D), David Linsky (D), John Rogers (D), Mike Rush (D), Bill Straus (D),

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see H5081 (on 11/12/2020)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H1544

(25 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H1544
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H1544.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1333	Establishing penalties for the filing of false reports against police officers	Accompanied a study order, see H5081	Similar To
H1335	Relative to the penalty for resisting a police officer	Accompanied a study order, see H5081	Similar To
H1843	Enabling trained school personnel to administer life saving epinephrine treatment	Accompanied a study order, see H5090	Similar To
H1871	Relative to the access of epinephrine in schools	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Similar To
H2070	Relative to regulations requiring secure videotaping of the booking process of state police arrestees	Accompanied a study order, see H5117	Similar To
H2150	Relative to police pursuits	Read second and ordered to a third reading	Similar To
H2288	Authorizing the city of Leominster to amend the special act of 2002 relative to retired police officer details	Accompanied a new draft, see H4098	Similar To
H2387	Relative to the retirement of University of Massachusetts police	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	Similar To
H3270	Relative to failure to yield to police pursuit	Accompanied a study order, see H5081	Similar To
H359	Relative to used police cars sold at auction	Accompanied a study order, see H5043	Similar To
H3748	To provide residency preference for the Boston Police Department and the Boston Fire Department	Accompanied a study order, see H4722	Similar To
H3823	Authorizing the appointment of retired police officers in the town of Avon to serve as special police officers	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 63 of the Acts of 2019	Similar To
H3824	Authorizing the city of Lowell to appoint retired police officers as special police officers within said city for paid detail assignments	Amended by substitution of a bill with the same title, H4022	Similar To
H4242	Relative to the appointment of retired police officers as special police officers in the town of Plymouth	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 98 of the Acts of 2020	Similar To
H5081	Study Order	Discharged to the committee on House Rules	Replaced by
S1481	Relative to non-clerical workers of the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority	Accompanied H2176	Similar To
S1513	Relative to the appointment and reappointment of public safety officers	Accompanied a study order, see S2545	Similar To
S1560	Relative to the timely and consistent payment of law enforcement personnel	Accompanied H2173	Similar To
S2200	Authorizing the appointment of retired police officers as special police officers in the town of Milton	Accompanied a new draft, see S2240	Similar To
S2219	Authorizing the appointing authority of the town of Bridgewater to appoint police cadets under certain circumstances to the police department of said town	Accompanied H3677	Similar To
S2260	Authorizing the town of Townsend to continue the employment of Richard Bailey as police chief	Read second and ordered to a third reading	Similar To
S2293	Relative to special police officers in the town of West Bridgewater	Accompanied a new draft, see S2361	Similar To
S2402	Relative to removing the position of police chief from civil service	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 277 of the Acts of 2020	Similar To
S2423	Allowing humane transportation of K9 partners aka Nero's law	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S2444	Exempting Matthew M. Clancy from Section 91 of Chapter 32 of the General Laws	Accompanied a study order, see S2545	Similar To

Bill

Bill Name

Last Action

Type

H1333

Establishing penalties for the filing of false reports against police officers

Accompanied a study order, see H5081

Similar To

H1335

Relative to the penalty for resisting a police officer

Accompanied a study order, see H5081

Similar To

H1843

Enabling trained school personnel to administer life saving epinephrine treatment

Accompanied a study order, see H5090

Similar To

H1871

Relative to the access of epinephrine in schools

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Similar To

H2070

Relative to regulations requiring secure videotaping of the booking process of state police arrestees

Accompanied a study order, see H5117

Similar To

H2150

Relative to police pursuits

Read second and ordered to a third reading

Similar To

H2288

Authorizing the city of Leominster to amend the special act of 2002 relative to retired police officer details

Accompanied a new draft, see H4098

Similar To

H2387

Relative to the retirement of University of Massachusetts police

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

Similar To

H3270

Relative to failure to yield to police pursuit

Accompanied a study order, see H5081

Similar To

H359

Relative to used police cars sold at auction

Accompanied a study order, see H5043

Similar To

H3748

To provide residency preference for the Boston Police Department and the Boston Fire Department

Accompanied a study order, see H4722

Similar To

H3823

Authorizing the appointment of retired police officers in the town of Avon to serve as special police officers

Signed by the Governor, Chapter 63 of the Acts of 2019

Similar To

H3824

Authorizing the city of Lowell to appoint retired police officers as special police officers within said city for paid detail assignments

Amended by substitution of a bill with the same title, H4022

Similar To

H4242

Relative to the appointment of retired police officers as special police officers in the town of Plymouth

Signed by the Governor, Chapter 98 of the Acts of 2020

Similar To

H5081

Study Order

Discharged to the committee on House Rules

Replaced by

S1481

Relative to non-clerical workers of the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority

Accompanied H2176

Similar To

S1513

Relative to the appointment and reappointment of public safety officers

Accompanied a study order, see S2545

Similar To

S1560

Relative to the timely and consistent payment of law enforcement personnel

Accompanied H2173

Similar To

S2200

Authorizing the appointment of retired police officers as special police officers in the town of Milton

Accompanied a new draft, see S2240

Similar To

S2219

Authorizing the appointing authority of the town of Bridgewater to appoint police cadets under certain circumstances to the police department of said town

Accompanied H3677

Similar To

S2260

Authorizing the town of Townsend to continue the employment of Richard Bailey as police chief

Read second and ordered to a third reading

Similar To

S2293

Relative to special police officers in the town of West Bridgewater

Accompanied a new draft, see S2361

Similar To

S2402

Relative to removing the position of police chief from civil service

Signed by the Governor, Chapter 277 of the Acts of 2020

Similar To

S2423

Allowing humane transportation of K9 partners aka Nero's law

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

Similar To

S2444

Exempting Matthew M. Clancy from Section 91 of Chapter 32 of the General Laws

Accompanied a study order, see S2545

Similar To

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