HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2477 FILED ON: 1/15/2015
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 112
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
James J. O'Day and Bruce E. Tarr
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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 protecting Department of Children and Families social workers’ home addresses.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: | Date Added: |
James J. O'Day | 14th Worcester | 1/15/2015 |
Bruce E. Tarr | First Essex and Middlesex | 1/17/2015 |
Linda Dean Campbell | 15th Essex | 8/16/2019 |
Timothy R. Madden | Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket | 8/16/2019 |
Leonard Mirra | 2nd Essex | 8/16/2019 |
Benjamin Swan | 11th Hampden | 8/16/2019 |
Brian A. Joyce | Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth | 8/16/2019 |
Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr. | 12th Hampden | 1/21/2015 |
Peter J. Durant | 6th Worcester | 8/16/2019 |
Tackey Chan | 2nd Norfolk | 8/16/2019 |
Denise Provost | 27th Middlesex | 8/16/2019 |
James J. Dwyer | 30th Middlesex | 8/16/2019 |
Sonia Chang-Diaz | Second Suffolk | 8/16/2019 |
David M. Rogers | 24th Middlesex | 8/16/2019 |
Tricia Farley-Bouvier | 3rd Berkshire | 8/16/2019 |
Linda Dorcena Forry | First Suffolk | 8/16/2019 |
Daniel M. Donahue | 16th Worcester | 8/16/2019 |
William N. Brownsberger | Second Suffolk and Middlesex | 8/16/2019 |
Carolyn C. Dykema | 8th Middlesex | 8/16/2019 |
James M. Cantwell | 4th Plymouth | 8/16/2019 |
Chris Walsh | 6th Middlesex | 8/16/2019 |
Peter V. Kocot | 1st Hampshire | 8/16/2019 |
John J. Lawn, Jr. | 10th Middlesex | 8/16/2019 |
John F. Keenan | Norfolk and Plymouth | 8/16/2019 |
Danielle W. Gregoire | 4th Middlesex | 8/16/2019 |
Claire D. Cronin | 11th Plymouth | 8/16/2019 |
Kathleen O'Connor Ives | First Essex | 8/16/2019 |
RoseLee Vincent | 16th Suffolk | 8/16/2019 |
Thomas A. Golden, Jr. | 16th Middlesex | 8/16/2019 |
Frank A. Moran | 17th Essex | 8/16/2019 |
Anne M. Gobi | Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex | 8/16/2019 |
Michelle M. DuBois | 10th Plymouth | 8/16/2019 |
Mary S. Keefe | 15th Worcester | 8/16/2019 |
Thomas M. Petrolati | 7th Hampden | 8/16/2019 |
Keiko M. Orrall | 12th Bristol | 8/16/2019 |
Tom Sannicandro | 7th Middlesex | 8/16/2019 |
Gailanne M. Cariddi | 1st Berkshire | 8/16/2019 |
Evandro C. Carvalho | 5th Suffolk | 8/16/2019 |
Denise C. Garlick | 13th Norfolk | 8/16/2019 |
Kay Khan | 11th Middlesex | 8/16/2019 |
Bradley H. Jones, Jr. | 20th Middlesex | 8/16/2019 |
Jonathan Hecht | 29th Middlesex | 8/16/2019 |
Leah Cole | 12th Essex | 8/16/2019 |
Paul McMurtry | 11th Norfolk | 8/16/2019 |
Thomas J. Calter | 12th Plymouth | 8/16/2019 |
Jose F. Tosado | 9th Hampden | 8/16/2019 |
Antonio F. D. Cabral | 13th Bristol | 8/16/2019 |
Brian M. Ashe | 2nd Hampden | 8/16/2019 |
Shaunna L. O'Connell | 3rd Bristol | 8/16/2019 |
Theodore C. Speliotis | 13th Essex | 8/16/2019 |
Carlos Gonzalez | 10th Hampden | 8/16/2019 |
Louis L. Kafka | 8th Norfolk | 8/16/2019 |
Donald H. Wong | 9th Essex | 8/16/2019 |
John J. Mahoney | 13th Worcester | 8/16/2019 |
Daniel Cullinane | 12th Suffolk | 8/16/2019 |
Barbara A. L'Italien | Second Essex and Middlesex | 8/16/2019 |
Kate Hogan | 3rd Middlesex | 8/16/2019 |
Patricia A. Haddad | 5th Bristol | 8/16/2019 |
James T. Welch | Hampden | 8/16/2019 |
Kate D. Campanale | 17th Worcester | 8/16/2019 |
Elizabeth A. Malia | 11th Suffolk | 8/16/2019 |
Marc R. Pacheco | First Plymouth and Bristol | 8/16/2019 |
James M. Murphy | 4th Norfolk | 8/16/2019 |
Paul W. Mark | 2nd Berkshire | 8/16/2019 |
Michael O. Moore | Second Worcester | 8/16/2019 |
Kevin J. Kuros | 8th Worcester | 8/16/2019 |
David M. Nangle | 17th Middlesex | 8/16/2019 |
Sal N. DiDomenico | Middlesex and Suffolk | 8/16/2019 |
Carole A. Fiola | 6th Bristol | 8/16/2019 |
Joan B. Lovely | Second Essex | 8/16/2019 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2477 FILED ON: 1/15/2015
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 112
By Representative O’Day of West Boylston and Senator Tarr, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 112) of James J. O’Day, Bruce E. Tarr and others relative to protecting Department of Children and Families social workers’ home addresses. Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth General Court
(2015-2016)
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An Act protecting Department of Children and Families social workers’ home addresses.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
“Chapter 233 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 20M the following section:-
Section 20N. (a) No court shall permit or require, and no social worker employed by the department of children and families, or any other witness shall be required, to disclose such social worker’s home address or home telephone number in any court proceeding or in any proceeding preliminary thereto or in any documents filed with the court, except as otherwise ordered by the court; provided, that said order of the court includes conditions to limit the disclosure of such address or phone number so as to protect the privacy and safety of the social worker.
(b) Service of process, summons or subpoena upon a department of children and families social worker in any court proceeding and in any proceeding preliminary thereto, shall be made upon the agency employing such social worker and in accordance with the Massachusetts Rules of Civil or Criminal Procedure governing any service of process. For the purpose of such service the employing agency, upon request, shall certify to the summoning party the name and work address of any such social worker as disclosed by its records, and service upon parties at a work address so certified shall be sufficient.”