HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1615 FILED ON: 1/16/2019 HOUSE ...... No. 2366

The Commonwealth of ______

PRESENTED BY:

Todd M. Smola ______

To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to Massachusetts certified emergency telecommunicators. ______

PETITION OF:

NAME: DISTRICT/ADDRESS: Todd M. Smola 1st Hampden 2nd Middlesex John Barrett, III 1st Berkshire F. Jay Barrows 1st Bristol Jennifer E. Benson 37th Middlesex Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr. 5th Worcester Gerard J. Cassidy 9th Plymouth Mike Connolly 26th Middlesex Claire D. Cronin 11th Plymouth Angelo L. D'Emilia 8th Plymouth Michael S. Day 31st Middlesex David F. DeCoste 5th Plymouth 3rd Hampshire Daniel M. Donahue 16th Worcester Peter J. Durant 6th Worcester Lori A. Ehrlich 8th Essex Ryan C. Fattman Worcester and Norfolk Kimberly N. Ferguson 1st Worcester

1 of 4 Michael J. Finn 6th Hampden Paul K. Frost 7th Worcester 2nd Plymouth Anne M. Gobi Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex Kenneth I. Gordon 21st Middlesex James K. Hawkins 2nd Bristol Natalie M. Higgins 4th Worcester 4th Essex 3rd Middlesex Steven S. Howitt 4th Bristol 5th Barnstable Bradley H. Jones, Jr. 20th Middlesex 11th Worcester Kathleen R. LaNatra 12th Plymouth David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf 17th Worcester David Paul Linsky 5th Middlesex Adrian C. Madaro 1st Suffolk Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr. 28th Middlesex Joseph D. McKenna 18th Worcester Paul McMurtry 11th Norfolk 2nd Essex David K. Muradian, Jr. 9th Worcester Harold P. Naughton, Jr. 12th Worcester Tram T. Nguyen 18th Essex Thomas M. Petrolati 7th Hampden Elizabeth A. Poirier 14th Bristol Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr. 12th Hampden David Allen Robertson 19th Middlesex Michael J. Soter 8th Worcester William M. Straus 10th Bristol Bruce E. Tarr First Essex and Middlesex Dean A. Tran Worcester and Middlesex 5th Hampden John C. Velis 4th Hampden David T. Vieira 3rd Barnstable Timothy R. Whelan 1st Barnstable Susannah M. Whipps 2nd Franklin Jonathan D. Zlotnik 2nd Worcester

2 of 4 3 of 4 HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1615 FILED ON: 1/16/2019 HOUSE ...... No. 2366 By Mr. Smola of Warren, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2366) of Todd M. Smola and others for legislation to include certain certified emergency telecommunicators in Group 2 of the contributory retirement system for public employees. Public Service.

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION SEE HOUSE, NO. 1449 OF 2017-2018.]

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

______In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court (2019-2020) ______

An Act relative to Massachusetts certified emergency telecommunicators.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

1 Amend Part I, Title IV, Chapter 32, Section 3, paragraph G, “Group 2” of the

2 Massachusetts General Laws by inserting the following after the words “Cushing hospital”:

3 All Full Time Dispatchers, Dispatch Supervisors, Communications Center Directors or

4 Communications Chiefs certified by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts State 911 Department

5 as Certified Telecommunicators as defined by MA 560 CMR 5.04

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