SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2494        FILED ON: 1/22/2018

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2311

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

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 relative to the Sex Offender Registry Board.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

 

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

 

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

20th Middlesex

 

Richard J. Ross

Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex

 

Donald F. Humason, Jr.

Second Hampden and Hampshire

 

Viriato M. deMacedo

Plymouth and Barnstable

 

Ryan C. Fattman

Worcester and Norfolk

 

Patrick M. O'Connor

Plymouth and Norfolk

 

Dean A. Tran

Worcester and Middlesex

 

F. Jay Barrows

1st Bristol

 

Kate D. Campanale

17th Worcester

 

Angelo L. D'Emilia

8th Plymouth

 

David F. DeCoste

5th Plymouth

 

Kimberly N. Ferguson

1st Worcester

 

Paul K. Frost

7th Worcester

 

Susan Williams Gifford

2nd Plymouth

 

Bradford R. Hill

4th Essex

 

Hannah Kane

11th Worcester

 

Marc T. Lombardo

22nd Middlesex

 

David K. Muradian, Jr.

9th Worcester

 

Mathew Muratore

1st Plymouth

 

Elizabeth A. Poirier

14th Bristol

 

Todd M. Smola

1st Hampden

 

Timothy R. Whelan

1st Barnstable

 

Donald H. Wong

9th Essex

 

William L. Crocker, Jr.

2nd Barnstable

1/23/2018

Shawn Dooley

9th Norfolk

1/23/2018

Colleen M. Garry

36th Middlesex

1/23/2018

Steven S. Howitt

4th Bristol

1/23/2018

Leonard Mirra

2nd Essex

1/24/2018

Geoff Diehl

7th Plymouth

1/24/2018

David T. Vieira

3rd Barnstable

1/26/2018


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2494        FILED ON: 1/22/2018

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2311

By Mr. Tarr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2311) (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Bruce E. Tarr, Bradley H. Jones, Jr., Richard J. Ross, Donald F. Humason, Jr. and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to the Sex Offender Registry Board.  The Judiciary.

 

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 the Sex Offender Registry Board.

 

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 178F of chapter 6 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 2, the figure “2” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- 1, a level 2.

SECTION 2.  Section 178F1/2 of said chapter 6, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 2, 16 and 60, the figure “2” and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the following words:- 1, a level 2.

SECTION 3. Section 178I of said chapter 6, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 16, the figure “2” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- 1, a level 2.

SECTION 4. Paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of section 178J of said chapter 6, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 31, the word “inquire” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- for finally classified level 2 and level 3 offenders, (i) inquire.

SECTION 5. Said subsection (b) of said section 178J of said chapter 6, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 42, the figure “(3)” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- (ii).

SECTION 6. Subsection (c) of said section 178J of said chapter 6, as so appearing, in hereby amended by inserting after the figure “178K,” in line 48, the following words:-  or as a level 1 offender under section 178K, provided such level 1 offender has been specifically identified by name as described in paragraph (1) of subsection (b),.

SECTION 7. Paragraph (5) of said subsection (c) of said section 178J of said chapter 6, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 58, the word and.

SECTION 8. Paragraph (6) of said subsection (c) of said section 178J of said chapter 6, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the punctuation “.” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- , only for finally classified level 2 or level 3 offenders; and.

SECTION 9. Subsection (a) of paragraph 2 of section 178K of said chapter 6, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 104, the word not.

SECTION 10. Said subsection (a) of said paragraph (2) of said section 178K of said chapter 6, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word “by,” in line 105, the following word:- limited.

SECTION 11. Said subsection (a) of said paragraph (2) of said section 178K of said chapter 6, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out the third and fourth sentences and inserting in place thereof the following 2 sentences:- The public shall have access to the information regarding a level 1 offender in accordance with the provisions of sections 178D, 178I and 178J.  The sex offender shall be required to register and to verify registration information pursuant to section 178F1/2.