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Senate passes bill strengthening penalties for assaults on transit workers
Summary
After floor debate and sponsor remarks, the Senate passed to be engrossed House No. 4645, expanding assault-and-battery protections for transit employees to include assaults involving bodily substances and increasing penalties.
The Massachusetts Senate voted to pass to be engrossed House No. 4645, an act expanding the definition of assault and battery for offenses against public transit workers and strengthening statutory penalties.
Sponsor Senator Nick Collins described the measure as protecting "essential workers" who operate and maintain the transit system and urged colleagues to…
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