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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3033 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1407 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Daniel Cahill |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act relative to criminal harassment against a sports official. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Daniel Cahill10th Essex1/19/2023Gerard J. Cassidy9th Plymouth1/30/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3033 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1407 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Cahill of Lynn, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1407) of Daniel |
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| 19 | 19 | | Cahill and Gerard J. Cassidy relative to criminal harassment against sports officials. The |
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| 20 | 20 | | Judiciary. |
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| 21 | 21 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 22 | 22 | | _______________ |
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| 23 | 23 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act relative to criminal harassment against a sports official. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 28 | 28 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 1 Section 43B. (Whoever willfully and maliciously engages in an act or series of acts |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2during the course of a sporting event directed at a sports official, who is acting in their official |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3capacity, which threatens serious bodily injury to a sports official that would cause a reasonable |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4person to fear for their personal safety, shall be guilty of the crime of criminal harassment |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5against a sports official and shall be punished by imprisonment in a house of correction for not |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6more than 2 1/2 years or by a fine of not more than $1,000, or by both such fine and |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7imprisonment. ; and for a second or subsequent offense, by imprisonment in the state prison for |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8not less than five nor more than ten years. |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9 As used in this section, the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10otherwise, have the following meanings:- |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11 “Sports official”, any person who serves as a referee, umpire, line judge, scorer, timer, or |
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| 40 | 40 | | 12who acts in any similar capacity, whether paid or volunteer, during a sporting event and is 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 13registered by, or a member of, a local, state, regional or national organization engaged in |
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| 42 | 42 | | 14providing education and training to sports officials. |
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| 43 | 43 | | 15 “Sporting event”, any interscholastic or intramural athletic activity in a primary, middle, |
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| 44 | 44 | | 16junior high, or high school, college, or university, any organized athletic activity sponsored by a |
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| 45 | 45 | | 17community, business, or nonprofit organization, or any semiprofessional athletic activity that is |
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| 46 | 46 | | 18officiated by a sports official. |
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