SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1538        FILED ON: 1/14/2009

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1654

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act relative to punishment for the crime of domestic violence..

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 55 of chapter 276 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting in line 5 after the words “or with intent to commit a felony,” the following:-

“or would constitute domestic abuse as defined in section 1 of chapter 209A or a violation of an order issued pursuant to section 3, 4 or 5 of 209A or section 34B or 34C of chapter 208,”