HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2999 FILED ON: 1/16/2015
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3433
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Kate D. Campanale
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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 sex offender notification.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: | Date Added: |
Kate D. Campanale | 17th Worcester | 1/16/2015 |
Elizabeth A. Poirier | 14th Bristol | 12/27/2019 |
Peter J. Durant | 6th Worcester | 12/27/2019 |
Joseph D. McKenna | 18th Worcester | 2/3/2015 |
Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr. | 5th Worcester | 12/27/2019 |
Bradley H. Jones, Jr. | 20th Middlesex | 12/27/2019 |
Diana DiZoglio | 14th Essex | 12/27/2019 |
Steven S. Howitt | 4th Bristol | 12/27/2019 |
Geoff Diehl | 7th Plymouth | 12/27/2019 |
Todd M. Smola | 1st Hampden | 12/27/2019 |
Shaunna L. O'Connell | 3rd Bristol | 12/27/2019 |
Susannah M. Whipps Lee | 2nd Franklin | 12/27/2019 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2999 FILED ON: 1/16/2015
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3433
By Ms. Campanale of Leicester, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3433) of Kate D. Campanale and others for legislation to require group homes to notify certain abutters upon the admission of level 2 or level 3 sex offenders. The Judiciary. |
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 relative to sex offender notification.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Chapter 6 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 178Q, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, the following section:-
Section 178R. (a) As used in this section, the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:-
“Abutting”, located within 1,000 feet of any part of the property owned for the operation of the group home.
“Group home”, any residence or home operating as a halfway house for alcoholics under a license issued by the department of public health pursuant to section 6A of chapter 111B or any residence or home operating under a residential site license issued by the department of mental health pursuant to 104 C.M.R. 28.13.
“Sex offender”, any sex offender, as defined in section 178C, given a level 2 or level 3 designation by the sex offender registry board pursuant to section 178K.
(b) Within 48 hours of the admission of a sex offender to a group home, the owner of the group home shall notify the owner of any abutting residential home or daycare facility or the principal of any abutting school of the admission of such sex offender. Notification pursuant to this section shall require the owner of the group home to furnish a photograph and description of the sex offender.