HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1144 FILED ON: 1/15/2019
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2035
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Mike Connolly
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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 abolishing arbitrary limits on prisoner visitation.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: | Date Added: |
Mike Connolly | 26th Middlesex | 1/15/2019 |
Ruth B. Balser | 12th Middlesex | 1/25/2019 |
Michael J. Barrett | Third Middlesex | 1/29/2019 |
Julian Cyr | Cape and Islands | 2/1/2019 |
Mindy Domb | 3rd Hampshire | 2/1/2019 |
Carmine Lawrence Gentile | 13th Middlesex | 1/27/2019 |
Mary S. Keefe | 15th Worcester | 1/28/2019 |
Kay Khan | 11th Middlesex | 1/29/2019 |
Liz Miranda | 5th Suffolk | 1/30/2019 |
Denise Provost | 27th Middlesex | 1/28/2019 |
Maria Duaime Robinson | 6th Middlesex | 1/29/2019 |
David M. Rogers | 24th Middlesex | 1/25/2019 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1144 FILED ON: 1/15/2019
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2035
By Mr. Connolly of Cambridge, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2035) of Mike Connolly and others relative to abolishing arbitrary limits on prisoner visitation. Public Safety and Homeland Security. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)
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An Act abolishing arbitrary limits on prisoner visitation.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Clause (q) of section 1 of chapter 124 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “facilities”, in line 70, the following words:- ; provided, however, that no limit on the number of visitors who are permitted to visit an inmate shall be imposed.