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The 194th General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Bill S.1109 194th (Current)

An Act relative to preventing suicide

By Mr. Finegold, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1109) of Barry R. Finegold, Mark C. Montigny and Michael O. Moore for legislation relative to preventing suicide. The Judiciary.

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Bill Information

Presenter:
Barry R. Finegold

Coerced Suicide

This bill clarifies a gray area in Massachusetts law and criminalizes coerced suicide. The bill imposes criminal liability (of up to 5 years in prison) on a person who has actual knowledge of another person’s suicidal ideation, and either coerces the other person to commit suicide, or provides the physical means, or knowledge of such means, to commit suicide.
* The bill summary was created by the Primary Sponsor of the bill; no committee of the General Court certifies the accuracy of its contents.

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