# Massachusetts H 4645: An Act relative to assault and battery upon a transit worker Massachusetts H 4645, An Act relative to assault and battery upon a transit worker, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading; status signed, last action 2025-12-12 (Signed by the Governor, Chapter 79 of the Acts of 2025); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4645-194 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Massachusetts H 4645 - State: Massachusetts - Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026) - Title: An Act relative to assault and battery upon a transit worker - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-10-22 - Last action: 2025-12-12, Signed by the Governor, Chapter 79 of the Acts of 2025 - Sponsor: House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading - Cosponsors: 24 - Subjects: Senate Ways and Means, Bills in the Third Reading - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 2 (177 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Harsher penalties for assaulting public employees: benefit, medium. The law raises penalties for assault and battery against public employees who are working. This includes public transit workers. Punishment is jail for at least 90 days and up to 2.5 years, or a fine of $500 to $5,000. Assaults using bodily substances like blood, saliva, mucous, semen, urine, or fe… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading - Cosponsor: Adam J. Scanlon (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Adrian C. Madaro (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Bradley H. Jones Jr. (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Brian W. Murray (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Christopher J. Worrell (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: David Biele (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: David F. DeCoste (Republican), House - Cosponsor: David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: James M. Murphy (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Jay D. Livingstone (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Jessica Ann Giannino (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: John J. Marsi (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Joseph W. McGonagle Jr. (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Lindsay N. Sabadosa (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Michael D. Brady (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Paul J. Donato (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Paul McMurtry (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Richard G. Wells Jr. (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Rodney M. Elliott (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Sean Reid (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Steven George Xiarhos (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Steven Ultrino (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Thomas P. Walsh (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Tram T. Nguyen (Democratic), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-11-06 | committee | Committee Favorable with Amendment: Ought to pass with an amendment - New Text | pass | 17 | 0 | 1 | | 2025-10-22 | House | Passed to be engrossed | pass | 160 | 0 | | ## Actions (19) - 2025-12-12: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 79 of the Acts of 2025 - 2025-11-24: Enacted and laid before the Governor (Senate) - 2025-11-24: Enacted (House) - 2025-11-24: Senate concurred in the House further amendment (Senate) - 2025-11-24: Rules suspended (Senate) - 2025-11-24: House concurred in the Senate amendment with a further amendment (House) - 2025-11-17: Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading (House) - 2025-11-13: Passed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #98 (Yeas 38 to Nays 0) (Senate) - 2025-11-13: Read third (Senate) - 2025-11-13: Ordered to a third reading (Senate) - 2025-11-13: Amended by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S2697 (Senate) - 2025-11-13: Read second (Senate) - 2025-11-06: Placed in the Orders of the Day for Thursday, November 13, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-11-06: Order relative to subject matter adopted (Senate) - 2025-11-06: Also based on S2531 (Senate) - 2025-11-06: Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S2697 (Senate) - 2025-10-23: Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means (Senate) - 2025-10-22: Passed to be engrossed - 160 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 93) (House) - 2025-10-22: Substituted for H1877 (House) ## Bill text - Chapter 79 of the Acts of 2025, 2025-12-12: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4645.pdf) ## Related bills - H 4585: An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax abatements (signed) - H 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police chief Neal Hovey (passed senate) - H 5515: An Act to increase the value of estates eligible for abatements pursuant to M.G.L. chapter 59, section 5, clauses seventeenth D and forty-first C in the town o… (passed house) - H 4755: An Act amending the means tested senior citizen property tax exemption in the town of Sudbury (signed) - H 3909: An Act authorizing the Provincetown year-round market rate rental housing trust to acquire year-round housing occupancy restrictions (signed) - H 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nicholas Spinale (second reading) ## Sources - [Chapter 79 of the Acts of 2025 (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4645.pdf) ## Related - [H 4585: An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax aba…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4585-194) - [H 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police ch…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5435-194) - [H 5515: An Act to increase the value of estates eligible for abatements pursuant to M.G…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5515-194) - [H 4755: An Act amending the means tested senior citizen property tax exemption in the t…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4755-194) - [H 3909: An Act authorizing the Provincetown year-round market rate rental housing trust…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H3909-194) - [H 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nichola…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5429-194) - [Massachusetts bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/massachusetts/bills) - [Massachusetts state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/massachusetts) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4645-194 (as of 2026-11-01).