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S1267 • 2025

An Act creating a law enforcement officer safety zone after warning

An Act creating a law enforcement officer safety zone after warning

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Sponsor
Bruce E. Tarr
Last action
2026-03-30
Official status
Referred to Joint Committee on the Judiciary
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

An Act creating a law enforcement officer safety zone after warning

An Act creating a law enforcement officer safety zone after warning By Mr.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act creating a law enforcement officer safety zone after warning By Mr.
  • Tarr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No.
  • 1267) of Bruce E.
  • Tarr and Steven George Xiarhos for legislation to create a law enforcement officer safety zone after warning.

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. 2026-03-30 Senate

    Reporting date extended to Tuesday June 30, 2026

  2. 2026-02-26 Senate

    Reporting date extended to Thursday April 2, 2026

  3. 2026-02-12 Senate

    Reporting date extended to Monday March 2, 2026

  4. 2025-09-16 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 09/23/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2

  5. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Referred to the committee on The Judiciary

  6. 2025-02-27 House

    House concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act creating a law enforcement officer safety zone after warning
By Mr. Tarr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1267) of Bruce E. Tarr and Steven George Xiarhos for legislation to create a law enforcement officer safety zone after warning. The Judiciary.
Status:
Referred to Joint Committee on the Judiciary

Current Bill Text

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Bill S.1267

Mass General Laws Chapter 268 as appearing in the 2022 edition is hereby amended by inserting after section 34A the following new section:-

"Section 34B. No person shall knowingly or intentionally approach within twenty-five feet of a law enforcement officer who is lawfully engaged in the execution of his official duties after the law enforcement officer has ordered the person to stop approaching or to retreat. For the purposes of this section, "law enforcement officer" shall include all individuals as defined in MGL chapter 6E section 1. Any person violating this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year. Violation of this section is considered and breach of the peace."

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