The Massachusetts Fraternal Order of Police is represented by Chief George Diblasi
for all legislative issues. To learn more about George or to contact him please click here.
HOW DO I CONTACT MY MASSACHUSETTS REPRESENTATIVE?
Who is my representative?
http://www.mass.gov/legis/city_town.htm House email list:
http://www.mass.gov/legis/memmenuh.htm
Senate email list:
http://www.mass.gov/legis/memmenus.htm
Current Legislation
The following Bills have been filed in request of the Ma. Fraternal Order of Police:
SB 183 An Act Further regulating Pawn Shops, filed by Senator Timilty. This bill has already had a public hearing and is awaiting a committee report. The bill regulates all Pawn Shop and precious metal transactions in real time; it allows allows the police to access a photo of the person who pawned an item or precious metal and it shows a picture of the item involved in the transaction.
SB 1200 An Act that gives additional benefits to the survivors of police, fire and corrections officer’s families killed in the line of duty. This bill increases the survivor benefits from $100,000 to $200,000 of those killed in the line of duty. The bill was filed by Senator Timilty in behalf of the FOP. This bill is scheduled for a public hearing in September.
Pension Reform;
Presently a committee assigned by the Governor is working on a report to be released by September 1, 2009 that will make recommendations on further reforms of the pension system. Two areas of concern to police are placing a cap on a pension and an increase in the number of years from three to five years of highest pay that determines what the base pay of you pension will be. There are other issues concerning pensions that are also being discussed. We will keep you informed.
Below is a list of the 49 pieces of legislation that are being tracked by the Fraternal Order of Police. If you have any questions or information concerning legislative matters please call or email me.
Bills being tracked by the Ma. Fraternal Order of Police
Bill #: | HB63 of 2009-2010 Session |
Title: | An act relative to compensation for officers injured in the line of duty. |
Subjects: | Labor; Worker's Compensation; Public Safety; Local Police; State Police; Public Safety |
Tracking list: | Fraternal Order of Police |
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Bill #: | HB71 of 2009-2010 Session |
Title: | An act relative to the definition of regular compensation. |
Subjects: | State Government; Pensions; State Government; Labor; Retirement; Labor |
Tracking list: | Fraternal Order of Police |
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Bill #: | HB95 of 2009-2010 Session |
Title: | An act relative to improving the laws relating to ethics and lobbying. |
Subjects: | State Employees; Legislature; Ethics Code; Campaign Finance; State Government; Judges/Juries; Criminal Procedure; Crimes; Sex Crimes; Judiciary |
Tracking list: | Fraternal Order of Police |
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Bill #: | HB104 of 2009-2010 Session |
Title: | An act strengthening the Commonwealth’s partnership with its municipalities. |
Subjects: | Local Government; State Government; Charities/Non-Profits; Water/Sewer; Municipal Employees; Cities/Towns; Taxation; Municipal Finance; Civil Service; Procurement; Condominiums; State Employees; Alcoholic Liquors; Public Schools (K-12); Vocational Education; Local Police; Religion; Group Insurance; Mass Transit; State Finance; Pensions; Public Health; Transportation; Business; Utilities; Real Property; Education; Public Safety; Civil Rights |
Tracking list: | Fraternal Order of Police |
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Bill #: | HB625 of 2009-2010 Session |
Title: | An Act relative to mandatory sentences for those committing an assault on a law enforcement officer. |
Subjects: | Crimes |
Tracking list: | Fraternal Order of Police |
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Bill #: | HB1201 of 2009-2010 Session |
Title: | An Act preserving publicly assisted affordable housing |
Subjects: | State Aid; Economic Development; Income; Real Property; Procurement; State Government; Local Government; Business; Taxation |
Tracking list: | Fraternal Order of Police |
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Bill #: | HB1342 of 2009-2010 Session |
Title: | An Act relative to hidden compartments |
Subjects: | Public Health; Drug/Alcohol; Public Health; Jails/Prisons; Public Safety; Weapons; Public Safety; Motor Vehicles; Transportation |
Tracking list: | Fraternal Order of Police |
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Bill #: | HB1380 of 2009-2010 Session |
Title: | An Act relative to a policeman's bill of rights |
Subjects: | Judiciary; Civil Procedure; State Government; Civil Service; Ethics Code |
Tracking list: | Fraternal Order of Police |
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Bill #: | HB1571 of 2009-2010 Session |
Title: | An Act establishing the correctional officers' procedural bill of rights |
Subjects: | Business; Corporations; Jails/Prisons; Public Safety |
Tracking list: | Fraternal Order of Police |
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Bill #: | HB1673 of 2009-2010 Session |
Title: | An Act relative to the punishment for the murder of a police officer |
Subjects: | Public Safety; Crimes; Violent Offenses; Crimes; Probation; Public Safety; Local Police; Public Safety; State Police; Public Safety |
Tracking list: | Fraternal Order of Police |
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Bill #: | HB1706 of 2009-2010 Session |
Title: | An Act Against False Complaints Against Police Officers |
Subjects: | Crimes; Public Safety; Local Police; Public Safety; State Police; Public Safety |
Tracking list: | Fraternal Order of Police |
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Bill #: | HB1917 of 2009-2010 Session |
Title: | An Act relative to authorizing the appointment of retired police officers as special police officers in the town of Norwood |
Subjects: | Local Government; Cities/Towns; Local Government; Public Safety; Local Police; Public Safety |
Tracking list: | Fraternal Order of Police |
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Bill #: | HB2209 of 2009-2010 Session |
Title: | An Act relative to the University of Massachusetts police department |
Subjects: | State Government; Governor/Executive; State Government; Higher Education; Education; Local Police; Public Safety |
Tracking list: | Fraternal Order of Police |
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Bill #: | HB2214 of 2009-2010 Session |
Title: | An Act relative to regulating licensed pawnbrokers |
Subjects: | Business; Small Business; Business; Licensing; Business; Regulation; Business; Motor Vehicles; Transportation |
Tracking list: | Fraternal Order of Police |
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Bill #: | HB2223 of 2009-2010 Session |
Title: | An Act relative to the federal protection service |
Subjects: | State Police; Public Safety; State Property; State Government |
Tracking list: | Fraternal Order of Police |
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Bill #: | HB2284 of 2009-2010 Session |
Title: | An Act to prohibit inappropriate language use by sworn law officers |
Subjects: | Discrimination; Civil Rights; Local Police; Public Safety; State Police; Public Safety |
Tracking list: | Fraternal Order of Police |
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Bill #: | HB2308 of 2009-2010 Session |
Title: | An Act relative to residency |
Subjects: | Municipal Employees; Local Government; Local Government; Labor; Collective Bargaining; Labor; Fire Services; Public Safety |
Tracking list: | Fraternal Order of Police |
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Bill #: | HB2360 of 2009-2010 Session |
Title: | An Act to preserve and protect the integrity of the State Pension System |
Subjects: | Pensions; State Government; State Government; Retirement; Labor; State Employees; State Government |
Tracking list: | Fraternal Order of Police |
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Bill #: | HB2411 of 2009-2010 Session |
Title: | An Act relative to the cancer presumption for police officers |
Subjects: | State Government; Pensions; State Government; Public Health; Local Police; Public Safety; State Police; Public Safety |
Tracking list: | Fraternal Order of Police |
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Bill #: | HB2413 of 2009-2010 Session |
Title: | An Act relative to public employee disability benefits for certain employees employed by the commonwealth and its political subdivisions |
Subjects: | Pensions; State Government; State Government; Health Insurance; Insurance; Diseases; Public Health; State Employees; State Government |
Tracking list: | Fraternal Order of Police |
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Bill #: | HB2418 of 2009-2010 Session |
Title: | An Act relative to establishing a law enforcement bill of rights |
Subjects: | State Police; Public Safety; Public Safety; Local Police; Public Safety |
Tracking list: | Fraternal Order of Police |
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Bill #: | HB2419 of 2009-2010 Session |
Title: | An Act relative to providing for binding arbitration for fire fighters and police officers |
Subjects: | Municipal Employees; Local Government; Fire Services; Public Safety; Local Police; Public Safety |
Tracking list: | Fraternal Order of Police |
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Bill #: | HB2441 of 2009-2010 Session |
Title: | An Act providing for binding arbitration for fire fighters and police officers |
Subjects: | Collective Bargaining; Labor; Municipal Employees; Local Government; Fire Services; Public Safety; Local Police; Public Safety |
Tracking list: | Fraternal Order of Police |
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Bill #: | HB2557 of 2009-2010 Session |
Title: | An Act concerning civil service of county correction officers |
Subjects: | Civil Service; State Government; State Government; Corrections; Public Safety |
Tracking list: | Fraternal Order of Police |
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Bill #: | HB2646 of 2009-2010 Session |
Title: | An Act relative to contagious diseases |
Subjects: | Worker's Compensation; Municipal Employees; Labor; Local Government |
Tracking list: | Fraternal Order of Police |
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Bill #: | HB2656 of 2009-2010 Session |
Title: | An Act providing for binding arbitration for fire fighters and police officers |
Subjects: | None |
Tracking list: | Fraternal Order of Police |
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Bill #: | HB2657 of 2009-2010 Session |
Title: | An Act relative to disability or death caused by contagious diseases, presumption |
Subjects: | Worker's Compensation; Municipal Employees; Pensions; Local Government; Labor; State Government |
Tracking list: | Fraternal Order of Police |
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Bill #: | HB2941 of 2009-2010 Session |
Title: | An Act increasing the excise tax on alcoholic beverages |
Subjects: | Alcoholic Liquors; Business; Business; Excise; Taxation |
Tracking list: | Fraternal Order of Police |
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Bill #: | HB3482 of 2009-2010 Session |
Title: | An Act relative to the liability expenses for fire fighter and police officers injured in the line of duty |
Subjects: | Municipal Employees; Worker's Compensation; Local Government; Labor |
Tracking list: | Fraternal Order of Police |
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Bill #: | HB3830 of 2009-2010 Session |
Title: | An Act authorizing the appointment of retired police officers as special police officers in the town of Norwood |
Subjects: | Labor; Retirement; Local Government; Cities/Towns; Public Safety; Local Police; Pensions; State Government; Municipal Employees |
Tracking list: | Fraternal Order of Police |
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Bill #: | HB3940 of 2009-2010 Session |
Title: | An Act relative to police career incentive pay program |
Subjects: | Labor; Local Police; Public Safety; State Police; Public Safety; Municipal Employees; Local Government |
Tracking list: | Fraternal Order of Police |
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Bill #: | HB4045 of 2009-2010 Session |
Title: | An Act authorizing the conveyance of certain parcels of land in the city of Revere |
Subjects: | Local Government; Cities/Towns; Local Government; Zoning; Local Government; Procurement; State Government |
Tracking list: | Fraternal Order of Police |
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Bill #: | HB4054 of 2009-2010 Session |
Title: | Text of an amendment recommended by the committee on Ways and Means to the Senate Bill providing responsible reforms in the pension system. |
Subjects: | Labor; Retirement; Labor; State Government; Pensions; State Government; Group Insurance; Worker Rights; Ethics Code; State Finance |
Tracking list: | Fraternal Order of Police |
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Bill #: | HB4060 of 2009-2010 Session |
Title: | Text of an amendment to the Senate Bill providing responsible reforms in the pension system as recommended by the committee on Ways and Means, as changed by the House committee on Bills in the Third Reading, and as amended and adopted by the House. |
Subjects: | Pensions; State Government; Municipal Employees; Local Government |
Tracking list: | Fraternal Order of Police |
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Bill #: | HB4073 of 2009-2010 Session |
Title: | An act relative to collective bargaining rights. |
Subjects: | State Employees; State Government; Governor/Executive; State Police; Public Safety; Human Services; Affordable Housing; Real Property; Delinquency; Highways; Transportation; Mental Health; Mental Retardation |
Tracking list: | Fraternal Order of Police |
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Bill #: | SB1 of 2009-2010 Session |
Title: | A Message from His Excellency the Governor relative to the general concerns of the Commonwealth |
Subjects: | State Government; Governor/Executive; Legislature |
Tracking list: | Fraternal Order of Police |
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Bill #: | SB5 of 2009-2010 Session |
Title: | An Act to prevent abuse of the state pension system. |
Subjects: | Retirement; Labor; Labor; State Government; Pensions; State Government |
Tracking list: | Fraternal Order of Police |
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Bill #: | SB183 of 2009-2010 Session |
Title: | An Act further regulating pawn shops and dealers of second articles |
Subjects: | Licensing; Consumer Protection; Alcoholic Liquors; Business; Small Business |
Tracking list: | Fraternal Order of Police |
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Bill #: | SB360 of 2009-2010 Session |
Title: | An Act relative to voter identification |
Subjects: | State Government; Elections |
Tracking list: | Fraternal Order of Police |
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Bill #: | SB941 of 2009-2010 Session |
Title: | An Act punishing assault and battery by means of a bodily substance upon correctional facility employees |
Subjects: | Jails/Prisons; Public Safety; Corrections; State Government; State Employees |
Tracking list: | Fraternal Order of Police |
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Bill #: | SB965 of 2009-2010 Session |
Title: | An Act relative to the exposure of public safety officials to the Aids virus and infectious Hepatitis |
Subjects: | Public Health; Diseases; Public Safety; Local Police; State Police |
Tracking list: | Fraternal Order of Police |
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Bill #: | SB997 of 2009-2010 Session |
Title: | An Act punishing assault and battery by means of a bodily substance upon correctional facility employees |
Subjects: | Jails/Prisons; Crimes; Violent Offenses; Public Safety; Corrections |
Tracking list: | Fraternal Order of Police |
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Bill #: | SB1075 of 2009-2010 Session |
Title: | An Act relative to contagious diseases |
Subjects: | Emergency Services; Public Health; Diseases; Local Government; Municipal Employees; Local Government; Public Health; Fire Services; Public Safety; Local Police; Public Safety; State Police; Public Safety; Pensions; State Government |
Tracking list: | Fraternal Order of Police |
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Bill #: | SB1130 of 2009-2010 Session |
Title: | An Act relative to expenses incurred in defense against unfair labor practices |
Subjects: | State Employees; State Government; State Government; Costs/Fees; Judiciary; Labor; Worker's Compensation; Labor; State Finance; State Government |
Tracking list: | Fraternal Order of Police |
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Bill #: | SB1192 of 2009-2010 Session |
Title: | An Act to create parity in retirement pensions |
Subjects: | Retirement; Labor; Worker's Compensation; Labor; Fire Services; Public Safety; Local Police; Public Safety; Pensions; State Government |
Tracking list: | Fraternal Order of Police |
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Bill #: | SB1200 of 2009-2010 Session |
Title: | An Act providing additional benefits to survivors of certain public safety employees |
Subjects: | Pensions; State Government; Civil Service; State Government; Public Safety; Domestic Relations; Deaths; Domestic Relations; State Government; Corrections; Public Safety |
Tracking list: | Fraternal Order of Police |
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Bill #: | SB1218 of 2009-2010 Session |
Title: | An Act to resolve collective bargaining disputes |
Subjects: | State Employees; State Government; State Government; Collective Bargaining; Labor |
Tracking list: | Fraternal Order of Police |
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Bill #: | SB2025 of 2009-2010 Session |
Title: | An Act providing responsible reforms in the pension system |
Subjects: | Labor; Retirement; State Government; Ethics Code; Pensions; State Finance |
Tracking list: | Fraternal Order of Police |
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Bill #: | SB2026 of 2009-2010 Session |
Title: | Text of the Senate Bill providing responsible reforms in the pension systems, printed as amended. |
Subjects: | Labor; Retirement; Pensions; Ethics Code; State Government |
Tracking list: | Fraternal Order of Police |
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National FOP Legislation
H.R. 218, the "Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act"
H.R. 1073, the "Law Enforcement Officers Equity Act"
Legislative Archives
