SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2009        FILED ON: 2/19/2021

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1103

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Mark C. Montigny

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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 to update the definition of leaving the scene of an accident aka Katie Brienzo's Law.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Mark C. Montigny

Second Bristol and Plymouth


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2009        FILED ON: 2/19/2021

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1103

By Mr. Montigny, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1103) of Mark C. Montigny for legislation to update the definition of leaving the scene of an accident aka Katie's Law.  The Judiciary.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 994 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 to update the definition of leaving the scene of an accident aka Katie Brienzo's Law.

 

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. This bill may be known as an Act to update the definition leaving the scene of an accident a/k/a Katie’s Law.

SECTION 2. Section 24 of chapter 90 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the second occurrence of the word “person”, in line 824, the following words:- “ or fails to make a reasonable investigation, including but not limited to, safely stopping to determine if a collision has occurred, shall create a rebuttable presumption that the defendant knowingly left the scene after collision”.

SECTION 3. Section 24 of chapter 90 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “person”, in line 835, the following words:- “or fails to make a reasonable investigation, including but not limited to, safely stopping to determine if a collision has occurred, shall create a rebuttable presumption that the defendant knowingly left the scene after collision”.