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H2969 • 2025

An Act relative to clarifying the application of the heart bill

An Act relative to clarifying the application of the heart bill

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Sponsor
Todd M. Smola
Last action
2025-09-11
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 clarifying the application of the heart bill

An Act relative to clarifying the application of the heart bill By Representative Smola of Warren, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to clarifying the application of the heart bill By Representative Smola of Warren, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 2969) of Todd M.
  • Smola that police officers of the Office of Environmental Law Enforcement be included under the “heart law”, so-called.
  • Public Service.

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. 2025-09-11 House

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

  2. 2025-05-28 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 06/02/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2

  3. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Public Service

  4. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to clarifying the application of the heart bill
By Representative Smola of Warren, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2969) of Todd M. Smola that police officers of the Office of Environmental Law Enforcement be included under the “heart law”, so-called. Public Service.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.2969

SECTION 1.Section 94 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the words "or of the public works building police", in the first paragraph, the following new words:- "or of the police force of the Office of Environmental Law Enforcement."

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