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H5437 • 2025

An Act to ensure appropriate and timely emergency medical response

An Act to ensure appropriate and timely emergency medical response

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Sponsor
Gómez, Homar
Last action
2026-05-18
Official status
Referred to Joint Committee on the Judiciary
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to ensure appropriate and timely emergency medical response

An Act to ensure appropriate and timely emergency medical response By Representative Gómez of Easthampton and Senator Comerford, a joint petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Homar Gómez relative to reports of crimes to law enforcement officials.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to ensure appropriate and timely emergency medical response By Representative Gómez of Easthampton and Senator Comerford, a joint petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Homar Gómez relative to reports of crimes to law enforcement officials.
  • The Judiciary.
  • Status: Referred to Joint Committee on the Judiciary

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-18 Senate

    Senate concurred

  2. 2026-05-14 House

    Reported, referred to the committee on Joint Rules, reported, rules suspended and referred to the committee on The Judiciary

  3. 2025-12-08 House

    Referred to the committee on House Rules

Official Summary Text

An Act to ensure appropriate and timely emergency medical response
By Representative Gómez of Easthampton and Senator Comerford, a joint petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Homar Gómez relative to reports of crimes to law enforcement officials. The Judiciary.
Status:
Referred to Joint Committee on the Judiciary

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.5437

SECTION 1. Section 40 of chapter 268 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2024 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “robbery,” in line 2, the following words:- , or has sustained serious bodily injury as a result of the act of another person or the omission of another person under a duty to act,.

SECTION 2. Said section 40 of said chapter 268, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word "crime," in line 3, the following words:- or injury.

SECTION 3. Said section 40 of said chapter 268, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word "official," in line 5, the following words:- , which may include, but not be limited to, dialing the emergency telephone access number 911, or its local equivalent,.

SECTION 4. Said section 40 of said chapter 268, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by adding the following paragraph:-

For the purposes of this section ''serious bodily injury'' shall mean bodily injury which creates a substantial and imminent risk of death, permanent disfigurement or loss or impairment of a bodily function, limb or organ.

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