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House approves bill increasing penalties for assaults on transit workers; roll call 116-0
Summary
The Massachusetts House passed a substitute bill that designates assaults on public transit workers as assaults on public employees and increases minimum penalties; the measure was passed to be engrossed by a 116-0 roll call.
The Massachusetts House of Representatives passed a substitute bill addressing assaults and batteries on public transit workers, voting 116-0 to send the measure to engrossment.
The bill, H 46 45, was debated on the House floor after committee action and sponsor remarks emphasizing a rise in attacks on transit employees. Representative Day of Stoneham said the legislation makes explicit that public transit employees are public employees and therefore eligible for heightened statutory protections; the bill also specifies penalties, including fines and possible jail time, and names throwing or projecting bodily fluids as conduct that constitutes assault and battery on a public employee.
The measure’s sponsor, Representative McGonigal of Everett, told colleagues he…
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