SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1659        FILED ON: 1/20/2017

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 932

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Richard J. Ross

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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 registration.

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PETITION OF:

SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1659        FILED ON: 1/20/2017

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 932

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 895 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 registration.

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 178E of chapter 6 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after subsection (q) the following subsection:-

Subsection (r). All sex offenders, convicted or adjudicated of a sex offense, subsequent to the enactment of the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act (the Wetterling Act), which has been designated a sexually violent offense or a sex offense against a child, requiring by operation of law a minimum of Level 1 life time registration for those convicted as adults and 20 year registration for those adjudicated as juveniles, to be required within 72 hours to register with the Sex Offender Registry Board as level 1 sex offenders, pending the exercise of their due process rights that the Sex Offender Registration Board is statutorily required to afford them prior to requiring them to register at their final registration level, Level 1, 2 or 3.