HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 794        FILED ON: 1/28/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1584

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Colleen M. Garry

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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 annoying telephone calls.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Colleen M. Garry

36th Middlesex

1/25/2021

Jessica Ann Giannino

16th Suffolk

2/16/2021

Michael O. Moore

Second Worcester

2/26/2021

David Allen Robertson

19th Middlesex

2/26/2021


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 794        FILED ON: 1/28/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1584

By Miss Garry of Dracut, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1584) of Colleen M. Garry and others relative to the penalty for persons making annoying and abusive telephone calls.  The Judiciary.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 3285 OF 2019-2020.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Second General Court
(2021-2022)

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An Act relative to annoying telephone calls.

 

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.  Chapter 269 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 14B the following section:-

Section 14C.  Whoever allows his telephone to be used by another to telephone a person or his family, repeatedly, for the sole purpose of harassing, annoying or molesting that other person or his family or for the purpose of repeatedly using indecent or obscene language to that person or his family, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500 or by imprisonment for not more than 3 months, or both.