Amendment #296 to H4700

Elective Office Protest Restrictions

Mr. Howitt of Seekonk moves to amend the bill by adding the following section:

SECTION XXXX. Chapter 264 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018 Official edition, is hereby amended by inserting, after Section 23, the following new Section:-

SECTION 24. No elected official in the commonwealth shall be subjected to protests or demonstrations within 100 yards of their residence or place of active domicile. If any person who conducts such a protest or demonstration within 100 yards of the residence or active domicile of an elected official in the commonwealth is asked by law enforcement to disperse and refuses to do so, such person shall be subject to imprisonment in a House of Correction for not more than one year or by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars or more than five hundred dollars, or both.

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Elective Office Protest Restrictions