HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2039        FILED ON: 1/19/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1580

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

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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 the release of sex offender information to victims.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

20th Middlesex

1/17/2023

Nicholas A. Boldyga

3rd Hampden

1/26/2023

Susan Williams Gifford

2nd Plymouth

1/26/2023

F. Jay Barrows

1st Bristol

1/26/2023

Hannah Kane

11th Worcester

1/30/2023

Paul K. Frost

7th Worcester

1/31/2023

Kimberly N. Ferguson

1st Worcester

1/31/2023

Alyson M. Sullivan-Almeida

7th Plymouth

2/9/2023

David F. DeCoste

5th Plymouth

4/5/2023


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2039        FILED ON: 1/19/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1580

By Representative Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1580) of Bradley H. Jones, Jr., and others relative to the release of sex offender information to victims.  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 relative to the release of sex offender information to victims.

 

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 178I of chapter 6 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the second paragraph, the following:— Upon the request of a victim who has enrolled in the board’s victim services unit, the board shall inform the victim of the sex offender’s final classification, as well as the sex offender’s home address, secondary address, work address and where the offender attends school.