Budget Amendment ID: FY2019-S4-1145

EPS 1145

Verification of sex offender registration

Messrs. Tarr, Humason, O'Connor and Fattman moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, 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.”