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H2629 • 2025

An Act relative to critical incident intervention by emergency service providers

An Act relative to critical incident intervention by emergency service providers

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Sponsor
James K. Hawkins
Last action
2026-01-27
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act relative to critical incident intervention by emergency service providers

An Act relative to critical incident intervention by emergency service providers By Representative Hawkins of Attleboro, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to critical incident intervention by emergency service providers By Representative Hawkins of Attleboro, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 2629) of James K.
  • Hawkins relative to providing critical incident intervention services for emergency service providers.
  • Public Safety and Homeland Security.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-01-27 House

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

  2. 2025-10-15 Joint

    Hearing rescheduled to 10/15/2025 from 01:00 PM-06:00 PM in A-2 and Virtual Hearing updated to New End Time

  3. 2025-10-15 Joint

    Hearing rescheduled to 10/15/2025 from 01:00 PM-06:20 PM in A-2 and Virtual Hearing updated to New End Time

  4. 2025-10-01 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 10/15/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2

  5. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security

  6. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to critical incident intervention by emergency service providers
By Representative Hawkins of Attleboro, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2629) of James K. Hawkins relative to providing critical incident intervention services for emergency service providers. Public Safety and Homeland Security.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.2629

Section 1: Chapter 233, Section 20N(a) of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the definition “Emergency Service Provider” and inserting in place thereof the following definition:- “Emergency service provider”, an active or retired law enforcement officer, police officer, state police trooper, sheriff or deputy sheriff, firefighter, state or municipal police criminalist, crime scene personnel, police dispatcher or 911 operator, or emergency medical personnel.

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