Amendment #398 to H4400

Verification of sex offender registration

Representatives O'Connell of Taunton, Diehl of Whitman, DeCoste of Norwell and Lyons of Andover move to amend the bill by adding the following section:

“SECTION XX.  The first paragraph of subsection (a) of section 178H of chapter 6 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following sentence:-

Prosecutions commenced pursuant to this section shall neither be continued without a finding nor dismissed unless the sex offender registry board or police department produces verified documentation from that the sex offender has registered.”

Additional co-sponsor(s) added to Amendment #398 to H4400

Verification of sex offender registration