HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2099 FILED ON: 1/20/2011 HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2122 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts _________________ PRESENTED BY: Bradley H. Jones, Jr. _______________ 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 public housing restrictions for sex offenders. _______________ PETITION OF: Name: | District/Address: | Bradley H. Jones, Jr. | 20th Middlesex | Marc T. Lombardo | 22nd Middlesex | Donald F. Humason, Jr. | 4th Hampden | Angelo L. D'Emilia | 8th Plymouth | Geoff Diehl | 7th Plymouth | F. Jay Barrows | 1st Bristol | Shaunna O'Connell | 3rd Bristol | Susan Williams Gifford | 2nd Plymouth | George T. Ross | 2nd Bristol | Donald H. Wong | 9th Essex | Todd M. Smola | 1st Hampden | Sheila C. Harrington | 1st Middlesex | Matthew A. Beaton | 11th Worcester | Steven L. Levy | 4th Middlesex | Paul K. Frost | 7th Worcester | Paul Adams | 17th Essex | George N. Peterson, Jr. | 9th Worcester | Elizabeth A. Poirier | 14th Bristol | Viriato Manuel deMacedo | 1st Plymouth |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2099 FILED ON: 1/20/2011 HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2122 By Mr. Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2122) of Bradley H. Jones, Jr. and others for legislation to require local housing authorities to deny certain convicted sex offenders access to state-subsidized public housing facilities. Housing. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
An Act relative to public housing restrictions for sex offenders.
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 26 of chapter 121B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2008 official edition, is hereby amended by inserting after subsection (o), the following subsection:— (p) Shall deny access to public housing facilities that are subsidized by the commonwealth for all persons who have been convicted of Level 2 or Level 3 sex offenses in the commonwealth. |
