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

1/18/2013

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

12th Hampden

1/18/2013

Michael J. Rodrigues

First Bristol and Plymouth

1/18/2013

John H. Rogers

12th Norfolk

1/18/2013

Thomas J. Calter

12th Plymouth

1/18/2013

Randy Hunt

5th Barnstable

1/18/2013

Louis L. Kafka

8th Norfolk

1/18/2013

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

1/18/2013

Richard T. Moore

Worcester and Norfolk

1/18/2013

Todd M. Smola

1st Hampden

1/18/2013

Michael F. Rush

Norfolk and Suffolk

1/18/2013

Donald H. Wong

9th Essex

1/18/2013

Cleon H. Turner

1st Barnstable

1/18/2013

F. Jay Barrows

1st Bristol

1/18/2013

Lori A. Ehrlich

8th Essex

1/18/2013

James M. Cantwell

4th Plymouth

1/18/2013

Anne M. Gobi

5th Worcester

1/18/2013

Nicholas A. Boldyga

3rd Hampden

1/18/2013

Alice Hanlon Peisch

14th Norfolk

1/18/2013

William C. Galvin

6th Norfolk

1/18/2013

Matthew A. Beaton

11th Worcester

1/18/2013

Geoff Diehl

7th Plymouth

1/18/2013

David Paul Linsky

5th Middlesex

1/18/2013

Angelo L. D'Emilia

8th Plymouth

1/18/2013

Michael R. Knapik

Second Hampden and Hampshire

1/18/2013

Theodore C. Speliotis

13th Essex

1/18/2013

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

1/18/2013

Jason M. Lewis

Fifth Middlesex

1/18/2013

Paul Brodeur

32nd Middlesex

1/18/2013

Paul J. Donato

35th Middlesex

1/18/2013

James R. Miceli

19th Middlesex

1/18/2013

David M. Nangle

17th Middlesex

1/18/2013

Patricia A. Haddad

5th Bristol

1/18/2013

Keiko M. Orrall

12th Bristol

1/18/2013

Paul K. Frost

7th Worcester

1/18/2013

Cheryl A. Coakley-Rivera

10th Hampden

1/18/2013

William N. Brownsberger

Second Suffolk and Middlesex

1/18/2013

Danielle W. Gregoire

4th Middlesex

1/18/2013

George N. Peterson, Jr.

9th Worcester

1/18/2013

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

1/18/2013

Thomas P. Conroy

13th Middlesex

1/18/2013


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”