By mid‑August 2025, we were no longer just collecting signatures. We were sitting in offices, on Zoom calls, and in hallways at the State House, talking with lawmakers and their staff about Jesse’s Law.
We shared the same story we had told in the petition, but now with more detail and more questions. How do we define a “life‑threatening emergency” in statute? How do we protect good‑faith callers? How do we make sure the law is fair and focused on extreme inaction, not honest mistakes?
These meetings were new to us. We are a mom and a sister, not professional lobbyists. But we showed up with Jesse’s name, thousands of signatures, and a clear ask: help us write a law that makes calling 911 in situations like his a basic legal duty in Massachusetts.