Amendment ID: S2888-43

Amendment 43

DNA exception for statute of limitations on sex offenses

Messrs. Montigny, Tarr and O'Connor move that the proposed new text be amended by adding the following section:-

“SECTION __.  Section 63 of chapter 277 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting at the end thereof the following paragraph:-

Notwithstanding the first paragraph, a prosecution for a sex offense, as defined in section 178C of chapter 6, may be commenced at any time if forensic evidence, as defined in section 220 of chapter 111, has been collected and preserved, and if such forensic evidence can be subjected to DNA analysis, as defined in section 1 of chapter 22E, that can establish the identity of the defendant.”