MA H2037

Bill

MA H2037

Providing for the care and transportation of police dogs injured in the line of duty

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 providing for the care and transportation of police dogs injured in the line of duty. Public Safety and Homeland Security.

AI Summary

This bill provides for the care and transportation of police dogs injured in the line of duty. It amends the law to define "operational working animal" as a canine trained to operate under the command of law enforcement or other first responders. The bill grants Emergency Medical Services (EMS) providers limited authority to render pre-hospital emergency veterinary care and transport injured operational working animals to veterinary facilities, as long as there are no persons requiring medical transport at the time. The bill also exempts EMS providers from certain liability and professional disciplinary action when providing such care, as long as they have completed the required training.

Committee Categories

Justice

Sponsors (63)

Brian Ashe (D), Jennifer Benson (D), Donnie Berthiaume (R), Michael Brady (D), Gerry Cassidy (D), William Crocker (R), Daniel Cullinane (D), Julian Cyr (D), Angelo D'Emilia (R), David DeCoste (R), Viriato deMacedo (R), Diana Dizoglio (D), Shawn Dooley (R), William Driscoll Jr. (D), Nika Elugardo (D), Ryan Fattman (R), Kim Ferguson (R), Dylan Fernandes (D), Ann-Margaret Ferrante (D), Carole Fiola (D), Bill Galvin (D), Colleen Garry (D), Susan Gifford (R), Anne Gobi (D), Ken Gordon (D), Sheila Harrington (R), Jim Hawkins (D), Chris Hendricks (D), Natalie Higgins (D), Bradford Hill (R), Kate Hogan (D), Steven Howitt (R), Donald Humason (R), Randy Hunt (R), Brad Jones (R), Hannah Kane (R), Kathy LaNatra (D), Jack Lewis (D), David Linsky (D), Joe McGonagle (D), Joe McKenna (R), Mark Montigny (D), Mike Moore (D), Dave Muradian (R), Matt Muratore (R), James Murphy (D), Brian Murray (D), Shaunna O'Connell (R), Patrick O'Connor (R), Norm Orrall (R), Sarah Peake (D), Danny Ryan (D), Todd Smola (R), Mike Soter (R), Tom Stanley (D), Bruce Tarr (R), Walter Timilty (D), José Tosado (D), Dean Tran (R), Paul Tucker (D), Andy Vargas (D), Dave Vieira (R), Timothy Whelan (R),

Last Action

Accompanied a new draft, see H4230 (on 11/26/2019)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H2037

(12 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H2037
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H2037.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H2226	Protecting veterans and children of those officers and firefighters that gave their last full measure	Accompanied a study order, see H4722	Similar To
H2367	Relative to providing the next of kin of a state police officer killed in the line of duty with a flag during the memorial service	Accompanied a study order, see H4722	Similar To
H2380	Providing the next of kin of a police officer or firefighter killed in the line of duty with the flags of the Commonwealth and the United States	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	Similar To
H4230	Providing for the care and transportation of police dogs injured in the line of duty	Reporting date extended to Thursday December 31, 2020, pending concurrence	Similar To
S1535	Relative to line of duty death benefits	Accompanied a study order, see S2545	Similar To
S1554	Providing fair and equitable line of duty death benefits for public employees	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S1569	Relative to corrections officers injured in the line of duty	Accompanied a study order, see S2545	Similar To
S1570	Relative to public higher education campus police officers injured in the line of duty	Accompanied a study order, see S2545	Similar To
S1571	Relative to line of duty injury benefits for public employees	Accompanied a study order, see S2545	Similar To
S1588	Providing the next of kin of a police officer or firefighter killed in the line of duty with the flags of the Commonwealth and the United States	Accompanied H2380	Similar To
S1596	Relative to line of duty death benefits	Accompanied a study order, see S2545	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

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