Legislative Updates

Please follow the link to view the summary of H.4860. Click here for summary

Written Testimony was submitted to the House this morning by Executive Director Jim Machado on behalf of the Association. Electronic Email Only testimony is being allowed until 11:00AM. We encourage you to submitted your testimony by emailing: [email protected] Click here for a copy of the testimony that was submitted by the MPA

The senate has released their final revision. Stay tuned as we expect the house to release their version on Monday. Click here to view the bill.

Early this morning, after nearly 17 hours of painful debate, the Senate passed their vision of police reform by a 30 to 7 vote with 3 members voting present. Senators Rush, Collins from Boston , Velis, Gobi, Fattman, Moore and Tran from central and western Mass voting no . Senators Tarr, O Connor and DiZoglio

As we alerted you, the Senate did meet and the item was quickly tabled again. A session is scheduled for tomorrow but we are hearing that real action in more likely on Monday. We cant let our guard down and must continue to press for fair and equitable solutions to qualified immunity and due process.

We are getting early indications that the Senate session scheduled for today may be impacted by further use of parliamentary  procedure to lay the bill on the table. The standoff hinges on qualified immunity with the MPA position being that the issue is too complex to decide in 3 days. We have been advocating for

Using parliamentary procedure, Senator Ryan Fattman moved to place the item on the table. This means the debate will begin again tomorrow at 11:00AM. Over the last several hours, we have been involved in detailed discussions on qualified immunity. Explainations of the anticipated action created more confusion than answers. Given this, we asked the issue

Executive Director Jim Machado is working tirelessly on the proposed legislation and we will up date membership when we have concrete info. We are working towards change that is fair for all. Our biggest concerns are preserving qualified immunity and an appeal process as well as the number of votes necessary from the board for

Today the Senate will be releasing their version of the Police Reform. The entire bill can be viewed by clicking the link provided. We expect this to move very quickly and anticipate a vote this week. Continue to call your Senators and let your voice be heard.