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H2647 • 2025

An Act to improve police training

An Act to improve police training

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Sponsor
Bradley H. Jones, Jr. (By Request)
Last action
2026-04-23
Official status
Accompanied a study order, see H5322 (under House Rule 27)
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to improve police training

An Act to improve police training By Representative Jones of North Reading (by request), a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to improve police training By Representative Jones of North Reading (by request), a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 2647) of John Walsh relative to basic and in-service training programs by the municipal police training committee.
  • Public Safety and Homeland Security.

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  • 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. 2026-04-23 House

    Accompanied a study order, see H5322 (under House Rule 27)

  2. 2025-09-11 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 09/25/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2

  3. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security

  4. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

  5. House

    Reported by committee to Clerk’s Office for processing, will accompany a study order

Official Summary Text

An Act to improve police training
By Representative Jones of North Reading (by request), a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2647) of John Walsh relative to basic and in-service training programs by the municipal police training committee. Public Safety and Homeland Security.

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.2647

Add a new section 116L to Chapter 6 of the General Laws and amend section 4 of Chapter 211D:

Insert a new Section 116L: Municipal police training committee; basic and in-service training programs on Civil Rights; to Chapter 6 as follows:

Section 116L. (a) The municipal police training committee shall establish, within its recruit basic training curriculum and its in-service training curriculum available to in-service trainees, a course for police training schools, academies and programs for the training of law enforcement officers on civil rights, presented by the Committee for Public Counsel Services, or its designees. Recruit Basic Training shall include at least eight (8) hours of in-person instruction. In-service training shall include at least four (4) hours of in-person training annually. The Committee for Public Counsel Services, or its designees, shall teach law enforcement officers how to: (i) stop and identify persons according to current law; (ii)search or seize persons and their property according to current law; and (iii) conduct electronic searches under current law; and (iv) recognize clearly established federal law as it applies to qualified immunity under federal civil rights laws.

(b) All law enforcement officers shall annually attend and successfully complete a course conducted by the Committee for Public Counsel Services on civil rights.

Amend Chapter 211D, section 4, by the addition of the following new paragraph, after the first paragraph:

The committee shall establish standards, guidelines, and annually develop training for law enforcement officers pursuant to Chapter 6, section 116L. This training will be conducted in- person by counsel appointed by the committee.

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