HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 332        FILED ON: 1/12/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 969

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Aaron Vega

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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 providing a false address at arrest.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Aaron Vega

5th Hampden

1/12/2017

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

1/13/2017

David F. DeCoste

5th Plymouth

1/12/2017

Shawn Dooley

9th Norfolk

1/30/2017

Donald F. Humason, Jr.

Second Hampden and Hampshire

2/2/2017

James R. Miceli

19th Middlesex

1/19/2017

Leonard Mirra

2nd Essex

1/26/2017

John W. Scibak

2nd Hampshire

1/30/2017

Chris Walsh

6th Middlesex

2/3/2017

Timothy R. Whelan

1st Barnstable

1/17/2017


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 332        FILED ON: 1/12/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 969

By Mr. Vega of Holyoke, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 969) of Aaron Vega and others relative to the penalties for providing false information to law enforcement officials.  The Judiciary.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 3260 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 providing a false address at arrest.

 

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

Section 34A of chapter 268 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the first sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:- Whoever knowingly and willfully furnishes a false name, Social Security number, date of birth, home address, mailing address or phone number, or other information as may be requested for the purposes of establishing the person’s identity, to a law enforcement officer or law enforcement official following an arrest shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment in a house of correction for not more than 1 year or by both such fine and imprisonment.