HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 295        FILED ON: 1/11/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 156

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Tricia Farley-Bouvier

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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 empowering the office of the child advocate to enforce its statutory duties.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Tricia Farley-Bouvier

2nd Berkshire

1/11/2023

Joseph D. McKenna

18th Worcester

1/11/2023

Carmine Lawrence Gentile

13th Middlesex

1/25/2023

David F. DeCoste

5th Plymouth

1/26/2023

James K. Hawkins

2nd Bristol

1/27/2023

Vanna Howard

17th Middlesex

2/1/2023

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

2/6/2023


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 295        FILED ON: 1/11/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 156

By Representative Farley-Bouvier of Pittsfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 156) of Tricia Farley-Bouvier and others relative to the powers of the Child Advocate to appear, intervene in or bring actions on behalf the Commonwealth.  Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 210 OF 2021-2022.]

 

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 empowering the office of the child advocate to enforce its statutory duties.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Chapter 18C of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after section 2 the following section:-

Section 2A. In addition to the powers set forth in section 2, and notwithstanding section 3 of chapter 12 or any other law to the contrary, the child advocate, or the child advocate’s designee, may represent, appear, intervene in or bring an action on behalf the commonwealth or of any child in any proceeding before any state or federal court, tribunal, agency, board or commission in which matters related to this chapter are in issue.