MA H3539

Bill

MA H3539

Relative to assault and battery on a police officer

Introduced
04/05/2017

In Committee
04/05/2017

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2018

Introduced Session

190th General Court

Bill Summary

Relativerelative to assault and battery on a police officer. The Judicary

AI Summary

This bill strengthens the statutes under which courts adjudicate the charge of assault and battery on a police officer. Specifically, it amends the law to increase the penalties for committing an assault and battery upon a police officer when the officer is engaged in the performance of their duties and the assault causes serious bodily injury. The bill mandates a minimum one-year prison sentence and a fine of at least $500 but no more than $10,000 for such offenses, and it prohibits the sentence from being suspended, reduced, or eligible for probation, parole, or early release. The bill also allows for the pretrial detention of individuals charged with this offense.

Committee Categories

Justice

Sponsors (0)

No sponsors listed

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see H4874 (on 08/09/2018)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H3539

(17 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H3539
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H3539.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1	MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2018 FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE DEPARTMENTS, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, INSTITUTIONS, AND CERTAIN ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH, FOR INTEREST, SINKING FUND, AND SERIAL BOND REQUIREMENTS, AND FOR CERTAIN PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS	Reported in part, see H3600	Similar To
H2257	Relative to assault or battery against a police officer	Accompanied a study order, see H4874	Similar To
H2258	Relative to hate crimes against police officers	Accompanied a study order, see H4874	Similar To
H3053	Protecting police officers	Accompanied a study order, see H4874	Similar To
H3653	Financing the production and preservation of housing for low and moderate income residents	Accompanied a new draft, see H3925	Similar To
H3655	Relative to the harmful distribution of sexually explicit visual material	Accompanied a new draft, see H4455	Similar To
H3656	Relative to the annual town election in the town of Rockport	No further action taken	Similar To
H3670	Authorizing the town of Deerfield to convey a certain parcel of land	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 27 of the Acts of 2017	Similar To
H3671	Modernizing the Massachusetts wiretap law	Accompanied a study order, see H4874	Similar To
H3770	To provide continuing investment in the life sciences industry in the Commonwealth	Accompanied a new draft, see H4432	Similar To
H3885	Authorizing retired police officers serving as special police officers in the town of Canton to serve until the age of 70	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 87 of the Acts of 2017	Similar To
H4874	Judiciary Study Order	Discharged to the committee on House Rules	Replaced by
H57	Pardons	No further action taken	Similar To
H68	To reorganize the Department of Public Safety	Became Law pursuant to Article LXXXVII of the Amendment to the Constitution, Chapter 6 of the Acts of 2017	Similar To
H73	Financing improvements to municipal roads and bridges	No further action taken	Similar To
S1	Message from His Excellency the Governor relative to the general concerns of the Commonwealth	Placed on file	Similar To
S2138	Authorizing the appointment of special police officers in the city of Brockton	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 82 of the Acts of 2017	Similar To

Bill

Bill Name

Last Action

Type

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2018 FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE DEPARTMENTS, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, INSTITUTIONS, AND CERTAIN ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH, FOR INTEREST, SINKING FUND, AND SERIAL BOND REQUIREMENTS, AND FOR CERTAIN PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS

Reported in part, see H3600

Similar To

H2257

Relative to assault or battery against a police officer

Accompanied a study order, see H4874

Similar To

H2258

Relative to hate crimes against police officers

Accompanied a study order, see H4874

Similar To

H3053

Protecting police officers

Accompanied a study order, see H4874

Similar To

H3653

Financing the production and preservation of housing for low and moderate income residents

Accompanied a new draft, see H3925

Similar To

H3655

Relative to the harmful distribution of sexually explicit visual material

Accompanied a new draft, see H4455

Similar To

H3656

Relative to the annual town election in the town of Rockport

No further action taken

Similar To

H3670

Authorizing the town of Deerfield to convey a certain parcel of land

Signed by the Governor, Chapter 27 of the Acts of 2017

Similar To

H3671

Modernizing the Massachusetts wiretap law

Accompanied a study order, see H4874

Similar To

H3770

To provide continuing investment in the life sciences industry in the Commonwealth

Accompanied a new draft, see H4432

Similar To

H3885

Authorizing retired police officers serving as special police officers in the town of Canton to serve until the age of 70

Signed by the Governor, Chapter 87 of the Acts of 2017

Similar To

H4874

Judiciary Study Order

Discharged to the committee on House Rules

Replaced by

H57

Pardons

No further action taken

Similar To

H68

To reorganize the Department of Public Safety

Became Law pursuant to Article LXXXVII of the Amendment to the Constitution, Chapter 6 of the Acts of 2017

Similar To

H73

Financing improvements to municipal roads and bridges

No further action taken

Similar To

Message from His Excellency the Governor relative to the general concerns of the Commonwealth

Placed on file

Similar To

S2138

Authorizing the appointment of special police officers in the city of Brockton

Signed by the Governor, Chapter 82 of the Acts of 2017

Similar To

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