SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2426 FILED ON: 1/17/2025
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1629
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Bruce E. Tarr
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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 theft of graves.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: |
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Bruce E. Tarr | First Essex and Middlesex |
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Jacob R. Oliveira | Hampden, Hampshire and Worcester | 2/13/2025 |
Peter J. Durant | Worcester and Hampshire | 3/13/2025 |
Joseph D. McKenna | 18th Worcester | 3/27/2025 |
Rodney M. Elliott | 16th Middlesex | 3/27/2025 |
John J. Marsi | 6th Worcester | 4/2/2025 |
James B. Eldridge | Middlesex and Worcester | 7/14/2025 |
Joan B. Lovely | Second Essex | 9/16/2025 |
SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2426 FILED ON: 1/17/2025
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1629
By Mr. Tarr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1629) of Bruce E. Tarr and Jacob R. Oliveira for legislation relative to the larceny that violates graves, cemeteries and burial grounds.. Public Health. |
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 relative to the theft of graves.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Notwithstanding any special or general law to the contrary, no person shall possess or sell, offer for sale or attempt to sell, or transfer or dispose of any monument, gravestone, marker, or other structure, or any portion or fragment thereof, placed or designed for a memorial of the dead, or any fence, railing, gate, plot delineator, or curb, knowing or having reasonable cause to know that it has been unlawfully removed from a cemetery or burial ground.