HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 178        FILED ON: 1/10/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1760

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Adam Scanlon and Hannah Kane

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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 establish a DNA exception rule for victims of rape.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Adam Scanlon

14th Bristol

1/10/2023

Hannah Kane

11th Worcester

1/10/2023

Thomas M. Quinn III

Bristol County District Attorney

1/10/2023

Mark C. Montigny

Second Bristol and Plymouth

1/24/2023

Natalie M. Higgins

4th Worcester

1/24/2023

Steven S. Howitt

4th Bristol

1/25/2023

Marcus S. Vaughn

9th Norfolk

1/25/2023

Kelly W. Pease

4th Hampden

1/26/2023

Kimberly N. Ferguson

1st Worcester

1/26/2023

Steven George Xiarhos

5th Barnstable

1/28/2023

Carol A. Doherty

3rd Bristol

1/29/2023

Ryan M. Hamilton

15th Essex

1/30/2023

Joseph D. McKenna

18th Worcester

1/31/2023

F. Jay Barrows

1st Bristol

2/6/2023

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

2/6/2023

Michelle M. DuBois

10th Plymouth

2/7/2023

Tricia Farley-Bouvier

2nd Berkshire

2/8/2023

Patricia A. Haddad

5th Bristol

2/9/2023

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

2/16/2023

Adrianne Pusateri Ramos

14th Essex

2/18/2023

Samantha Montaño

15th Suffolk

3/21/2023

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

4/3/2023

Rebecca L. Rausch

Norfolk, Worcester and Middlesex

9/14/2023

Tackey Chan

2nd Norfolk

10/17/2023


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 178        FILED ON: 1/10/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1760

By Representatives Scanlon of North Attleborough and Kane of Shrewsbury, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1760) of Adam Scanlon, Hannah Kane and others relative to the statute of limitations for the crime of rape and establishing a DNA exception rule.  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 to establish a DNA exception rule for victims of rape.

 

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

Not withstanding the first paragraph, in the case of a victim of a crime set forth in section 22 of chapter 265, if DNA is matched to a rape then the period of limitation for prosecution shall be extended indefinitely beyond the 15 year statute of limitations.