HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1340 FILED ON: 1/14/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1786
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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 prohibiting level 3 sex offenders from residing together.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: | Date Added: |
Bradley H. Jones, Jr. | 20th Middlesex | 1/14/2025 |
Kimberly N. Ferguson | 1st Worcester | 1/14/2025 |
Paul K. Frost | 7th Worcester | 1/31/2025 |
Todd M. Smola | 1st Hampden | 3/10/2025 |
Alyson M. Sullivan-Almeida | 7th Plymouth | 2/11/2025 |
Steven George Xiarhos | 5th Barnstable | 10/9/2025 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1340 FILED ON: 1/14/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1786
By Representative Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1786) of Bradley H. Jones, Jr., and others relative to prohibiting level 3 sex offenders from residing together. The Judiciary. |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1584 OF 2023-2024.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)
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An Act prohibiting level 3 sex offenders from residing together.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Chapter 265 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after section 48 the following new section:
Section 48A. A sex offender who has been finally classified as a level 3 sex offender shall be prohibited from renting, residing, or otherwise occupying a single-family dwelling or a unit in a multi-family dwelling with another finally classified level 3 sex offender, regardless of the permanent or temporary residential status of either sex offender, unless those persons are legally related by consanguinity, affinity or adoption.
A sex offender who violates this section shall be punished by a fine of $1,000 or imprisonment in a house of correction for not more than 2 ½ years, or both such fine and imprisonment. Written notification shall be made to the sex offender registry board of such violation.