Bill H.1530

HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1328 FILED ON: 1/16/2013

HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1530

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Shaunna O'Connell and James J. Dwyer

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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 establishing a commission to research, assess, and develop procedures to implement a system permitting criminal offender record information requestors to conduct fingerprint-based checks of the national criminal history databases..

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PETITION OF:

Name:	District/Address:	Date Added:
Shaunna O'Connell	3rd Bristol
James J. Dwyer	30th Middlesex	1/16/2013
Laurie Myers, Community VOICES	7 Pinehill Avenue Chelmsford, MA 01824
Joseph DiPietro, Protect Mass Children	1150 Walnut Street Newton, MA 02461
Brian M. Ashe	2nd Hampden	2/1/2013
F. Jay Barrows	1st Bristol	1/29/2013
Geoff Diehl	7th Plymouth	1/29/2013
Ryan C. Fattman	18th Worcester	1/30/2013
Kimberly N. Ferguson	1st Worcester	1/31/2013
Paul K. Frost	7th Worcester	2/1/2013
Colleen M. Garry	36th Middlesex	2/1/2013
Robert L. Hedlund	Plymouth and Norfolk	1/31/2013
Bradley H. Jones, Jr.	20th Middlesex	1/28/2013
Kevin J. Kuros	8th Worcester	2/1/2013
Todd M. Smola	1st Hampden	1/30/2013
Bruce E. Tarr	First Essex and Middlesex	2/1/2013
Daniel B. Winslow	9th Norfolk	2/1/2013
John P. Fresolo	16th Worcester
Bradford Hill	4th Essex
Marc T. Lombardo	22nd Middlesex
James R. Miceli	19th Middlesex	1/17/2013
Michael O. Moore	Second Worcester
Angelo L. D'Emilia	8th Plymouth

HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1328 FILED ON: 1/16/2013

HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1530

By Representatives O'Connell of Taunton and Dwyer of Woburn, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1530) of Shaunna O'Connell, James J. Dwyer and others for an investigation by a special commission (including members of the General Court) relative to criminal offender record information requestors conducting fingerprint-based checks of the national criminal history databases. The Judiciary.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Thirteen

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, there is hereby established a commission to research, assess, and develop procedures to implement a system permitting criminal offender record information requestors to conduct fingerprint-based checks of the national criminal history databases. The commission shall establish a process for making such requests, which shall be optional and made at the determination of the requestor. The commission shall examine and determine the appropriate roles of the Massachusetts department of criminal justice information and the state police.

The commission shall consist of: the secretary of the executive office of public safety and security, or a designee, who shall serve as chair; the chair of the sex offender registry board, or a designee; 2 members of the house of representatives, 1 of whom shall be appointed by the minority leader; 2 members of the senate, 1 of whom shall be appointed by the minority leader; a representative of the state police; and 3 persons to be appointed by the governor, 2 of whom shall be representatives of distinct victims’ rights advocacy groups, and 1 whom shall be a representative of an advocacy group which serves developmentally disabled individuals.

The commission shall commence within 2 weeks of the effective date of this act. The commission shall submit a final report of its findings and recommendations, together with drafts of legislation necessary to implement those recommendations, by filing the same with the clerks of the senate and house on or before June 30, 2013.