HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1442        FILED ON: 2/5/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1884

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Alyson M. Sullivan

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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 prohibiting name-changing for registered sex offenders.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Alyson M. Sullivan

7th Plymouth

2/5/2021

Joseph D. McKenna

18th Worcester

2/8/2021

Colleen M. Garry

36th Middlesex

2/8/2021

Timothy R. Whelan

1st Barnstable

2/9/2021

David F. DeCoste

5th Plymouth

2/19/2021

Kelly W. Pease

4th Hampden

2/20/2021

Patrick Joseph Kearney

4th Plymouth

2/22/2021

Steven G. Xiarhos

5th Barnstable

2/23/2021

Michael J. Soter

8th Worcester

2/23/2021

Kathleen R. LaNatra

12th Plymouth

2/24/2021

Mathew J. Muratore

1st Plymouth

2/24/2021

David Allen Robertson

19th Middlesex

2/25/2021

Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr.

5th Worcester

2/26/2021

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

20th Middlesex

2/26/2021


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1442        FILED ON: 2/5/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1884

By Ms. Sullivan of Abington, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1884) of Alyson M. Sullivan and others relative to prohibiting registered sex offenders from changing names.  The Judiciary.

 

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 prohibiting name-changing for registered sex offenders.

 

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 2018 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following subsection:-

(r) A sex offender required to register pursuant to sections 178C to 178P, inclusive, shall not hold him or herself out under any other name except the name by which such sex offender registered under this section.

SECTION 2. Section 178H of said chapter 6, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting, in line 4, after the word “information” the following words:- ; or (v) fails to comply with subsection (r) of section 178E.

SECTION 3. Section 1D of chapter 46 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:-

A party to a marriage who is a sex offender as defined in section 178C of chapter 6 may not adopt or use any other surname than that which such party is required to register pursuant to sections 178C to 178P, inclusive of said chapter 6.

SECTION 4. Section 12 of chapter 210 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following sentence:- No change of name shall be granted for a person listed as a sex offender on the sex offender registry under section 178D of chapter 6.