HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3248 FILED ON: 1/18/2013 HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1175 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts _________________ PRESENTED BY: James Arciero _______________ 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 victim notification . _______________ PETITION OF: Name: | District/Address: | James Arciero | 2nd Middlesex | Laurie Myers | 7 Pine Hill Avenue
Chelmsford, MA 01824 | Stephen L. DiNatale | 3rd Worcester | Colleen M. Garry | 36th Middlesex | Thomas A. Golden, Jr. | 16th Middlesex | Shaunna O'Connell | 3rd Bristol | Bruce E. Tarr | First Essex and Middlesex |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3248 FILED ON: 1/18/2013 HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1175 By Mr. Arciero of Westford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1175) of James Arciero and others for legislation to require prosecutors to notify victims of their rights to provide the Sex Offender Registry Board with written impact statements. The Judiciary. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
An Act relative to victim notification .
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 3 of chapter 258B of the general laws is hereby further amended by inserting, at the end thereof, the following new subsections:-
(aa) for victims, to be notified by the prosecutor that they have the right to provide the sex offender registry board with a written impact statement for inclusion in the convicted sex offender’s classification determination pursuant to section 178K(1)(k) of chapter 6. Upon the specific request of the victim to the sex offender registry board, the board shall inform the victim of the sex offender’s (i) registration and classification status and (ii) the addresses of where the sex offender lives, works, and attends an institution of higher learning regardless of the classification level and registration status of the offender
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