HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1558 FILED ON: 1/17/2013 HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1377 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts _________________ PRESENTED BY: Paul R. Heroux _______________ To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled: The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying: An Act relative to sex offender classification. _______________ PETITION OF: Name: | District/Address: | Paul R. Heroux | 2nd Bristol | John P. Fresolo | 16th Worcester | Marc T. Lombardo | 22nd Middlesex | F. Jay Barrows | 1st Bristol | John J. Binienda | 17th Worcester | Tom Sannicandro | 7th Middlesex | Marcos A. Devers | 16th Essex | Diana DiZoglio | 14th Essex | Daniel B. Winslow | 9th Norfolk |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1558 FILED ON: 1/17/2013 HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1377 By Mr. Heroux of Attleboro, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1377) of Paul R. Heroux and others relative to the classification of sex offenders diagnosed as pedophiles by a licensed mental health clinician. The Judiciary. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
An Act relative to sex offender classification.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 178K of chapter 6 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2010 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 51, the words “whether the sex offender has a mental abnormality” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- whether the sex offender has been diagnosed as a pedophile by a Massachusetts licensed mental health clinician. |
