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H2728 • 2025

An Act establishing the Massachusetts Law Enforcement Memorial Fund

An Act establishing the Massachusetts Law Enforcement Memorial Fund

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Sponsor
Thomas P. Walsh
Last action
2025-11-26
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means
Effective date
Not listed

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An Act establishing the Massachusetts Law Enforcement Memorial Fund

An Act establishing the Massachusetts Law Enforcement Memorial Fund By Representative Walsh of Peabody, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act establishing the Massachusetts Law Enforcement Memorial Fund By Representative Walsh of Peabody, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 2728) of Thomas P.
  • Walsh and Steven George Xiarhos for legislation to establish the Massachusetts law enforcement memorial fund.
  • 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. 2025-11-26 House

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

  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

Official Summary Text

An Act establishing the Massachusetts Law Enforcement Memorial Fund
By Representative Walsh of Peabody, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2728) of Thomas P. Walsh and Steven George Xiarhos for legislation to establish the Massachusetts law enforcement memorial fund. Public Safety and Homeland Security.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.2728

Chapter 10 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after section 35SSS the following section:

Section 35TTT. There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Massachusetts Law Enforcement Memorial Fund to be used without appropriation by a department of public safety for the purpose of making annual payments to the Massachusetts Law Enforcement Memorial to memorialize and honor Massachusetts law enforcement personnel killed in the line of duty. There shall be credited to the fund revenues received by the commonwealth from the sale of registration plates under section 2G of chapter 90.

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