HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2880        FILED ON: 1/18/2013

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1525

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Harold P. Naughton, Jr.

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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 adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to criminal offender information.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Harold P. Naughton, Jr.

12th Worcester

1/18/2013

Stephen L. DiNatale

3rd Worcester

 

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

12th Hampden

 

Michael J. Rodrigues

First Bristol and Plymouth

 

John H. Rogers

12th Norfolk

 

Thomas J. Calter

12th Plymouth

 

Randy Hunt

5th Barnstable

 

Louis L. Kafka

8th Norfolk

 

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

 

Richard T. Moore

Worcester and Norfolk

 

Todd M. Smola

1st Hampden

 

Michael F. Rush

Norfolk and Suffolk

 

Donald H. Wong

9th Essex

 

Cleon H. Turner

1st Barnstable

 

F. Jay Barrows

1st Bristol

 

Lori A. Ehrlich

8th Essex

 

James M. Cantwell

4th Plymouth

 

Anne M. Gobi

5th Worcester

 

Nicholas A. Boldyga

3rd Hampden

 

Alice Hanlon Peisch

14th Norfolk

 

William C. Galvin

6th Norfolk

 

Matthew A. Beaton

11th Worcester

 

Geoff Diehl

7th Plymouth

 

David Paul Linsky

5th Middlesex

 

Angelo L. D'Emilia

8th Plymouth

 

Michael R. Knapik

Second Hampden and Hampshire

 

Theodore C. Speliotis

13th Essex

 

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

 

Jason M. Lewis

Fifth Middlesex

 

Paul Brodeur

32nd Middlesex

 

Paul J. Donato

35th Middlesex

 

James R. Miceli

19th Middlesex

 

David M. Nangle

17th Middlesex

 

Patricia A. Haddad

5th Bristol

 

Keiko M. Orrall

12th Bristol

 

Paul K. Frost

7th Worcester

 

Cheryl A. Coakley-Rivera

10th Hampden

 

William N. Brownsberger

Second Suffolk and Middlesex

 

Danielle W. Gregoire

4th Middlesex

 

George N. Peterson, Jr.

9th Worcester

 

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

 

Thomas P. Conroy

13th Middlesex

 


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2880        FILED ON: 1/18/2013

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1525

By Mr. Naughton of Clinton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1525) of Harold P. Naughton, Jr. and others relative to criminal offender record information.  The Judiciary.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the Year Two Thousand Thirteen

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An Act relative to criminal offender information.

 

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 172 of Chapter 6 of the General Laws as appearing in the 2010 Official Edition is hereby amended by inserting the following after the word “duties”, in line 149, the following:- “which duties for a police department shall include the screening of applications of individuals for paid or volunteer positions with such department”

SECTION 2.  Section 172 of Chapter 6 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after subsection (n) the following subsection:-

(o) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section or any other general or special law to the contrary, at any time during the application process a police department may require an applicant for a paid or volunteer position with such department to disclose all criminal offender record information, and the department need not reveal to such applicant what criminal offender record information it has obtained unless and until it bases its decision not to hire or not to allow such person to volunteer.

SECTION 3: Section 4 of Chapter 151B of the General Laws as appearing in the 2010 Official Edition is hereby amended by inserting after the word “employer,” in line 370 the following:- “other than a police department”

SECTION 4: Section 4 of Chapter 151B of the General Laws as appearing in the 2010 Official Edition is hereby amended by inserting after the word “employer,” in line 408 the following:- “other than a police department”