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H2736 • 2025

An Act relative to the security of exercise equipment and free weights in correctional institutions

An Act relative to the security of exercise equipment and free weights in correctional institutions

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Sponsor
Xiarhos, Steven George
Last action
2025-11-17
Official status
Placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting (under the last sentence of Rule 7A) for a second reading
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act relative to the security of exercise equipment and free weights in correctional institutions

An Act relative to the security of exercise equipment and free weights in correctional institutions By Representatives Xiarhos of Barnstable and Wells of Milton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to the security of exercise equipment and free weights in correctional institutions By Representatives Xiarhos of Barnstable and Wells of Milton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 2736) of Steven George Xiarhos, Richard G.
  • Wells, Jr.
  • and others relative to the security of exercise equipment and free weights in correctional institutions.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-11-17 House

    Placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting (under the last sentence of Rule 7A) for a second reading

  2. 2025-10-08 House

    Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

  3. 2025-06-20 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 06/26/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2

  4. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security

  5. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to the security of exercise equipment and free weights in correctional institutions
By Representatives Xiarhos of Barnstable and Wells of Milton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2736) of Steven George Xiarhos, Richard G. Wells, Jr. and others relative to the security of exercise equipment and free weights in correctional institutions. Public Safety and Homeland Security.

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Bill H.2736

SECTION 1. This Act shall be commonly known as "Matt's Law".

SECTION 2. Section 14 of Chapter 125 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting at the end thereof the following sentence:- The superintendent shall be responsible for ensuring that any and all exercise equipment accessible by inmates is secured in order to prevent its removal and that no inmate in a medium-security or maximum-security correctional institution has access to any free weights.

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