Amendment ID: S2465-1-R1

Redraft Amendment 1

Statute of limitations

Ms. Creem and Ms. Gobi move to amend the bill by inserting the following section after section 2:- 

“SECTION 2A. Section 97B of chapter 41 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 30 to 33, inclusive, the words “for a period of at least six months upon the written request of the victim at the time the evidence is obtained upon forms provided to such victim by such hospital” and  inserting in place thereof the following words:- at the crime lab where the testing occurs until the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations, in accordance with section 63 of chapter 277.”