SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1872        FILED ON: 1/20/2017

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 832

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Sal N. DiDomenico

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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 survivors of rape and their children.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

 

Sal N. DiDomenico

Middlesex and Suffolk

 

Jason M. Lewis

Fifth Middlesex

1/26/2017

William L. Crocker, Jr.

2nd Barnstable

1/26/2017

Kenneth I. Gordon

21st Middlesex

1/27/2017

Michelle M. DuBois

10th Plymouth

1/27/2017

James R. Miceli

19th Middlesex

1/29/2017

Barbara A. L'Italien

Second Essex and Middlesex

1/30/2017

Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr.

28th Middlesex

1/30/2017

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

1/31/2017

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

20th Middlesex

1/31/2017

Mike Connolly

26th Middlesex

1/31/2017

Elizabeth A. Malia

11th Suffolk

1/31/2017

Jack Lewis

7th Middlesex

2/1/2017

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

2/1/2017

Walter F. Timilty

Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth

2/1/2017

Steven Ultrino

33rd Middlesex

2/1/2017

Joan B.  Lovely

Second Essex

2/2/2017

Patricia D. Jehlen

Second Middlesex

2/2/2017

Paul R. Heroux

2nd Bristol

2/2/2017

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

2/2/2017

Daniel J. Ryan

2nd Suffolk

2/2/2017

James T. Welch

Hampden

2/2/2017

Julian Cyr

Cape and Islands

2/2/2017

Linda Dorcena Forry

First Suffolk

2/2/2017

Kathleen O'Connor Ives

First Essex

2/2/2017

Mark C. Montigny

Second Bristol and Plymouth

2/2/2017

Anne M. Gobi

Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex

2/2/2017

Joseph A. Boncore

First Suffolk and Middlesex

2/2/2017

Michael O. Moore

Second Worcester

2/3/2017

Michael J. Rodrigues

First Bristol and Plymouth

2/3/2017

Jennifer L. Flanagan

Worcester and Middlesex

2/3/2017

Adam G. Hinds

Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden

2/3/2017

Michael F. Rush

Norfolk and Suffolk

2/8/2017

José F. Tosado

9th Hampden

2/3/2017

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

2/3/2017

Chris Walsh

6th Middlesex

2/3/2017

Daniel J. Hunt

13th Suffolk

2/3/2017


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1872        FILED ON: 1/20/2017

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 832

By Mr. DiDomenico, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 832) of Sal N. DiDomenico, Jason M. Lewis, William Crocker, Kenneth I. Gordon and other members of the General Court for legislation to protect survivors of rape and their children.  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 protecting survivors of rape and their children.

 

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 3(a) of Chapter 209c, as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the third sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentences: -

No court shall make an order providing visitation or custody rights to a parent who was convicted of rape, under sections 22 to 23B, inclusive, of chapter 265 or section 2, 3, 4 or 17 of chapter 272, or who after a hearing is found by clear and convincing evidence to have committed rape as defined in said chapters, and is seeking to obtain visitation with, or custody of, the child who was conceived during the commission of that rape.  Termination of these rights shall not prevent a court from ordering that the perpetrator of the rape pay child support nor shall it limit the right of the child to inherit through or from the perpetrator of the rape.