H2735 • 2025

An Act establishing a fund for the care of retired police dogs

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Sponsor: Xiarhos, Steven George
Last action: 2026-03-30
Official status: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means
Effective date: Not listed

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An Act establishing a fund for the care of retired police dogs

An Act establishing a fund for the care of retired police dogs By Representatives Xiarhos of Barnstable and Howitt of Seekonk, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

An Act establishing a fund for the care of retired police dogs By Representatives Xiarhos of Barnstable and Howitt of Seekonk, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
2735) of Steven George Xiarhos, Alyson M.
Sullivan-Almeida and others relative to establishing a fund for the care of retired police dogs.
Public Safety and Homeland Security.

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Bill History

2026-03-30 House
Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
2025-12-18 House
Reporting date extended to Wednesday, March 18, 2026
2025-09-11 Joint
Hearing scheduled for 09/25/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2
2025-02-27 House
Referred to the committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security
2025-02-27 Senate
Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act establishing a fund for the care of retired police dogs
By Representatives Xiarhos of Barnstable and Howitt of Seekonk, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2735) of Steven George Xiarhos, Alyson M. Sullivan-Almeida and others relative to establishing a fund for the care of retired police dogs. Public Safety and Homeland Security.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means

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Bill H.2735

Chapter 29 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after section 2QQQQQ thereof the following new section:-

Section 2RRRRR. (a) There shall be a Retired Police Dog Care Fund that shall be administered by the secretary of the executive office of public safety and security. The fund shall consist of amounts credited to the fund from: (i) any appropriations, grants, gifts or other money authorized by the general court or other parties and specifically designated to be credited to the fund; and (ii) any income derived from the investment of amounts credited to the fund. Any unexpended balance in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund and shall be available for expenditure in the subsequent fiscal year.

(b) All amounts credited to the fund shall be used without further appropriation to make grants to non-profit institutions located within the commonwealth for the purpose of providing care and medical services to retired police dogs. The secretary of the executive office of public safety and security shall be responsible for ensuring that funds are properly allocated to and used by reputable organizations for the care and medical needs of retired police dogs. For purposes of this section, a "police dog" shall be defined in section 1 of chapter 111C.

(c) Annually, not later than March 1, the secretary of the executive office of public safety and security shall issue a report to the clerks of the senate and house of representatives, the joint committee on public safety and homeland security, and the senate and house committees on ways and means on the fund's activities including, but not limited to, amounts credited to the fund, amounts expended from the fund and any unexpended balance.

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