HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 922        FILED ON: 1/17/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1476

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Tricia Farley-Bouvier and Brian M. Ashe

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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 relating to threats of suicide while in court custody (Stavri’s Law).

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Tricia Farley-Bouvier

2nd Berkshire

1/17/2023

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

1/17/2023

Smitty Pignatelli

3rd Berkshire

1/20/2023

Vanna Howard

17th Middlesex

2/1/2023

Mathew J. Muratore

1st Plymouth

2/3/2023

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

2/6/2023

Aaron L. Saunders

7th Hampden

2/10/2023

Patrick M. O'Connor

First Plymouth and Norfolk

2/15/2023

Christopher J. Worrell

5th Suffolk

2/16/2023

Samantha Montaño

15th Suffolk

2/23/2023

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

12th Hampden

3/8/2023

Patricia A. Duffy

5th Hampden

3/8/2023

Kelly W. Pease

4th Hampden

3/21/2023

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

4/3/2023

Jacob R. Oliveira

Hampden, Hampshire and Worcester

4/7/2023

Nick Collins

First Suffolk

1/19/2024


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 922        FILED ON: 1/17/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1476

By Representatives Farley-Bouvier of Pittsfield and Ashe of Longmeadow, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1476) of Tricia Farley-Bouvier, Brian M. Ashe and others relative to threats of suicide while in court custody.  The Judiciary.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)

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An Act relating to threats of suicide while in court custody (Stavri’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 act shall be known as “Stavri’s Law”

SECTION 2: Chapter 40 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after section 36A the following section:

Section 36A1/2 Whenever a person in the custody of court officials makes a suicidal threat or engages in suicidal behavior, the Court shall record in the department of criminal justice information services computer the name, address, and the age of such person, reason for such detention and the nature and date of any suicidal threat or behavior. 

Whenever a person is the subject of a civil commitment petition pursuant to MGL c. 123, based on suicidal threats or behavior (whether or not such petition is granted), the Court shall record in the department of criminal justice information services computer the name, address, and the age of such person, reason for such detention (if any) and the nature and date of any suicidal threat or behavior indicated in the commitment process.