Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on the Judiciary

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Start Time:

1:00 PM

Location:

A-2 and Virtual

Event Description

Hearing #6: Sex Offenses and Domestic Violence, Chaired by Chairwoman Edwards

Sexual offenses are criminal acts that have a sexual element. These acts can include different forms of physical violence, unwanted sexual contact, coercion, and exploitation. A victim of a sexual offense might experience physical, mental, and emotional trauma. Anyone can be a victim of a sexual offense, no matter their gender, age, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith, or class.

Domestic violence is abusive behavior carried out by one partner to establish power over their partner and influence their actions. Domestic violence includes a broad range of abusive acts, including physical, emotional, sexual, financial, and many other coercive behaviors. Anyone can be a victim of domestic violence, no matter their gender, age, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith, or class.

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Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Joint Committee On The Judiciary -- 6-17-2025	6/17/2025 1:00 PM	05:33:14

Sexual Offenses and Domestic Violence 1:00pm - 5:00pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.1580	An Act relative to the charitable immunity cap for cases involving sexual abuse	Jennifer Balinsky Armini
H.1587	An Act relative to justice for survivors	Christine P. Barber
H.1593	An Act protecting minors from the creation of computer-generated child sexual abuse visual materials	Natalie M. Blais
H.1609	An Act regulating sex offender registration in the 21st century	Tackey Chan
H.1633	An Act updating and clarifying the statute relating to “upskirting”	Leigh Davis
H.1634	An Act relative to sexual assaults by adults in positions of authority or trust	Leigh Davis
H.1639	An Act relative to eliminating liability limits for abuse of a minor	Michael S. Day
H.1676	An Act to respect and protect domestic violence and sexual assault victims and survivors	Michelle M. DuBois
H.1702	An Act relative to sex offenders	Paul K. Frost
H.1708	An Act criminalizing sexual assault of a passenger by a rideshare operator	William C. Galvin
H.1713	An Act to protect victims of rape and children conceived during the commission of said offense	Colleen M. Garry
H.1731	An Act amending the victim of violent crime compensation law	Kenneth I. Gordon
H.1732	An Act amending the statute of limitations relating to civil rights actions and criminal prosecutions for the sexual assault and rape of a child	Kenneth I. Gordon
H.1733	An Act relative to the age of consent in certain criminal prosecutions and civil actions for sexual assault and rape of a child	Kenneth I. Gordon
H.1734	An Act relative to preventing educator sexual misconduct and abuse of children and youth	Kenneth I. Gordon
H.1746	An Act enhancing protections for sexual violence survivors	Natalie M. Higgins
H.1750	An Act to protect victims of stalking in violation of harassment prevention orders	Kate Hogan
H.1779	An Act relative to school bus stop safety	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
H.1780	An Act relative to identifying costs associated with legal counsel for classification hearings	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
H.1781	An Act relative to the release of sex offender information to victims	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
H.1783	An Act removing state funded counsel for sex offender classification hearings	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
H.1786	An Act prohibiting level 3 sex offenders from residing together	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
H.1790	An Act protecting children from domestic violence	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
H.1808	An Act maintaining the integrity of sex offender classifications	Patrick Joseph Kearney
H.1829	An Act eliminating the statute of limitation in civil child sexual abuse cases	John J. Lawn, Jr.
H.1830	An Act relative to governmental and charitable tort liability	John J. Lawn, Jr.
H.1831	An Act to extend statute of limitations for incest	John J. Lawn, Jr.
H.1832	An Act relative to preventing the sexual abuse of children and youth	John J. Lawn, Jr.
H.1833	An Act enhancing remedies for survivors of childhood sexual abuse	John J. Lawn, Jr.
H.1896	An Act providing for the allowance of early evidence kits	Samantha Montaño
H.1917	An Act to ensure fair access to compensation for victims of human trafficking and forced labor	Tram T. Nguyen
H.1921	An Act relative to sexual harassment	Tram T. Nguyen
H.1987	An Act to establish a DNA exception rule for victims of rape	Adam J. Scanlon
H.1997	An Act relative to the protection of vulnerable adults from sexual assault committed by mandated reporters, persons in a position of trust, and providers of transportation	Thomas M. Stanley
H.1999	An Act establishing a permanent commission to study the service standards for sexual assault and domestic violence service providers	Alyson M. Sullivan-Almeida
H.2000	An Act establishing statewide standards for sexual assault and domestic violence service providers	Alyson M. Sullivan-Almeida
H.2001	An Act relative to protecting domestic violence victims	Alyson M. Sullivan-Almeida
H.2006	An Act strengthening sexual harassment and discrimination policies in the Commonwealth	Alyson M. Sullivan-Almeida
H.2008	An Act prohibiting name-changing for registered sex offenders	Alyson M. Sullivan-Almeida
H.2031	An Act relative to domestic violence reports and confidentiality	Andres X. Vargas
H.2037	An Act relative to domestic abuse protection, "Katherine's Law"	Marcus S. Vaughn
H.2645	An Act relative to the sex offender registry	Daniel J. Hunt
H.4018	An Act protecting assault survivors	Tram T. Nguyen
H.4065	An Act relative to supporting survivors of domestic violence and enhancing child welfare	David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf
S.1040	An Act relative to the statute of limitations in rape, assault and human trafficking crimes	Nick Collins
S.1055	An Act relative to the victim compensation program	Cynthia Stone Creem
S.1060	An Act relative to the charitable immunity cap for cases involving sexual abuse	Brendan P. Crighton
S.1079	An Act providing for the allowance of early evidence kits	Lydia Edwards
S.1083	An Act relative to rape by an officer	James B. Eldridge
S.1085	An Act relative to civil remedies for sexual assault by an officer	James B. Eldridge
S.1118	An Act relative to sexual harassment	Cindy F. Friedman
S.1153	An Act relative to the protection of vulnerable adults from sexual assault committed by mandated reporters, persons in a position of trust and providers of transportation	Jason M. Lewis
S.1154	An Act relative to visitation and family court matters in domestic violence cases	Jason M. Lewis
S.1163	An Act relative to sexual assaults by adults in positions of authority or trust	Joan B. Lovely
S.1165	An Act amending the statute of limitations regarding criminal prosecutions for the crimes of sexual assault and rape of a child	Joan B. Lovely
S.1166	An Act relative to enhancing hiring practices to prevent sexual abuse	Joan B. Lovely
S.1169	An Act enhancing remedies for survivors of childhood sexual abuse	Joan B. Lovely
S.1174	An Act protecting minors from the creation of computer-generated child sexual abuse visual materials	Paul W. Mark
S.1180	An Act expanding access to victim compensation	Liz Miranda
S.1186	An Act to ensure fair access to compensation for victims of human trafficking and forced labor	Mark C. Montigny
S.1191	An Act protecting survivors of domestic abuse	Mark C. Montigny
S.1192	An Act to provide a DNA exception for statute of limitations on sex offenses	Mark C. Montigny
S.1198	An Act to enhance the lives of survivors of human trafficking	Mark C. Montigny
S.1200	An Act extending the civil statute of limitations for child abuse	Michael O. Moore
S.1213	An Act relative to improving sexual violence survivor protections	Michael O. Moore
S.1223	An Act to empower and protect survivors of domestic violence	Patrick M. O'Connor
S.1224	An Act establishing a domestic violence and sexual assault probation unit	Patrick M. O'Connor
S.1226	An Act to protect survivors of domestic violence	Patrick M. O'Connor
S.1247	An Act criminalizing sexual assault of a passenger by a rideshare operator	Rebecca L. Rausch
S.1256	An Act relative to justice for survivors	Michael F. Rush
S.1259	An Act to recover assets used in the commission of sexual offenses	Bruce E. Tarr
S.1281	An Act relative to domestic violence reports and confidentiality	John C. Velis

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	JCOJ Hearing 6 Summaries Sex Offenses and Domestic Violence
	Hearing #6 House Bill Summaries

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