HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 926        FILED ON: 1/17/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 838

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Paul R. Heroux

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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 classification.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Paul R. Heroux

2nd Bristol

1/17/2017


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 926        FILED ON: 1/17/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 838

By Mr. Heroux of Attleboro, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 838) of Paul R. Heroux relative to the classification of sex offenders diagnosed as pedophiles by a licensed mental health clinician.  The Judiciary.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1365 OF 2015-2016.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court
(2017-2018)

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An Act relative to sex offender classification.

 

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 178K of chapter 6 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2010 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 51, the words “whether the sex offender has a mental abnormality” and inserting in place thereof the following words:-

whether the sex offender has been diagnosed as a pedophile by a Massachusetts licensed mental health clinician.