HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 75        FILED ON: 1/3/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3476

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Timothy R. Whelan

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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 safety of children in camps.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Timothy R. Whelan

1st Barnstable

1/3/2019

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

1/10/2019

John Barrett, III

1st Berkshire

1/31/2019

F. Jay Barrows

1st Bristol

1/24/2019

William L. Crocker, Jr.

2nd Barnstable

1/9/2019

Angelo L. D'Emilia

8th Plymouth

1/4/2019

Shawn Dooley

9th Norfolk

1/21/2019

Kimberly N. Ferguson

1st Worcester

1/24/2019

Colleen M. Garry

36th Middlesex

1/4/2019

Susan Williams Gifford

2nd Plymouth

1/17/2019

James K. Hawkins

2nd Bristol

1/16/2019

Stephan Hay

3rd Worcester

1/22/2019

Randy Hunt

5th Barnstable

1/22/2019

Hannah Kane

11th Worcester

1/22/2019

Joseph D. McKenna

18th Worcester

1/8/2019

Michael O. Moore

Second Worcester

1/24/2019

Mathew J. Muratore

1st Plymouth

1/30/2019

Tram T. Nguyen

18th Essex

1/14/2019

Shaunna L. O'Connell

3rd Bristol

1/29/2019

Elizabeth A. Poirier

14th Bristol

1/29/2019

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

1/22/2019

Rebecca L. Rausch

Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex

2/1/2019

David Allen Robertson

19th Middlesex

1/14/2019

Alan Silvia

7th Bristol

1/4/2019

Michael J. Soter

8th Worcester

1/9/2019

Alyson M. Sullivan

7th Plymouth

1/31/2019

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

1/30/2019

Susannah M. Whipps

2nd Franklin

2/1/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 75        FILED ON: 1/3/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3476

By Mr. Whelan of Brewster, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3476) of Timothy R. Whelan and others for legislation to prohibit sex offenders from employment or volunteer status at camps for children.  The Judiciary.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 984 OF 2017-2018.]

 

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 relative to the safety of children in camps.

 

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.  Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, a candidate for employment or volunteer status at a camp for children shall be disqualified if the sex offender registry board, pursuant to section 178K(2) of chapter 6 of the General Laws, has given the candidate a level 1 designation under said section 178K(2)(a), a level 2 designation under said section 178K(2)(b), or a level 3 designation under said section 178(K)(2)(c).