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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3343 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1421 |
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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 | | Tackey Chan |
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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 to assist the investigation of serious crimes. |
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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:Tackey Chan2nd Norfolk1/19/2023Timothy CruzMassachusetts District Attorneys |
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| 16 | 16 | | Association, 1 Bulfinch Place, Suite |
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| 17 | 17 | | 202, Boston, MA 02114 |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1/19/2023Timothy ShugrueMassachusetts District Attorneys |
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| 19 | 19 | | Association, 1 Bulfinch Place, Suite |
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| 20 | 20 | | 202, Boston, MA 02114 |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1/19/2023Paul TuckerMassachusetts District Attorneys |
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| 22 | 22 | | Association, 1 Bulfinch Place, Suite |
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| 23 | 23 | | 202, Boston, MA 02114 |
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| 24 | 24 | | 1/19/2023Michael MorrisseyMassachusetts District Attorneys |
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| 25 | 25 | | Association, 1 Bulfinch Place, Suite |
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| 26 | 26 | | 202, Boston, MA 02114 |
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| 27 | 27 | | 1/19/2023David SullivanMassachusetts District Attorneys |
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| 28 | 28 | | Association, 1 Bulfinch Place, Suite |
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| 29 | 29 | | 202, Boston, MA 02114 |
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| 30 | 30 | | 1/19/2023Joseph EarlyMassachusetts District Attorneys |
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| 31 | 31 | | Association, 1 Bulfinch Place, Suite |
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| 32 | 32 | | 202, Boston, MA 02114 |
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| 34 | 34 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3343 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 35 | 35 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1421 |
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| 36 | 36 | | By Representative Chan of Quincy, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1421) of Tackey |
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| 37 | 37 | | Chan and others for legislation to assist the investigation of serious crimes. The Judiciary. |
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| 38 | 38 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 39 | 39 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 1485 OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 40 | 40 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 41 | 41 | | _______________ |
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| 42 | 42 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 43 | 43 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 44 | 44 | | _______________ |
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| 45 | 45 | | An Act to assist the investigation of serious crimes. |
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| 46 | 46 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 47 | 47 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 48 | 48 | | 1 SECTION 1: Section 99 of chapter 272, as appearing in 2020 Official Edition, is hereby |
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| 49 | 49 | | 2amended in sub-section B.1 by striking, in lines 29 – 32, the definition of “wire communication” |
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| 50 | 50 | | 3and inserting in place thereof the following definition:- |
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| 51 | 51 | | 4 1. The term “transmitted communication” means any communication made in whole or in |
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| 52 | 52 | | 5part through (i) the use of facilities which allow for the transmission of communications or (ii) |
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| 53 | 53 | | 6the aid of wire, cable, wireless, electronic, digital, radio, electromagnetic, satellite, cellular, |
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| 54 | 54 | | 7optical, or other like technological means in order to achieve a connection between a point of |
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| 55 | 55 | | 8origin and a point of reception, regardless of whether or not such communication travels in part |
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| 56 | 56 | | 9within a switching station or other like facility. The term “transmitted communication” shall |
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| 57 | 57 | | 10also include: any transfer of signs, signals, writing, images, photographs, videos, texts, sounds, 2 of 2 |
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| 58 | 58 | | 11data, or intelligence of any nature transmitted in whole or in part by using a cellular telephone, |
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| 59 | 59 | | 12Smartphone, personal data assistant or similar devices, but shall not include: (i) any |
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| 60 | 60 | | 13communication made through a tone-only paging device; (ii) any communication from a tracking |
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| 61 | 61 | | 14device, defined as an electronic or mechanical device which permits the tracking of movement of |
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| 62 | 62 | | 15a person or object; or (iii) electronic funds transfer information stored by a financial institution in |
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| 63 | 63 | | 16a communications system used for the electronic storage and transfer of funds. |
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| 64 | 64 | | 17 SECTION 2: Section 99 of chapter 272, as so appearing, is further amended at line 77, in |
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| 65 | 65 | | 18sub-section B.7 by adding at the end thereof, the following definition:- |
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| 66 | 66 | | 19 The term “designated offense” shall also include, whether or not in connection with |
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| 67 | 67 | | 20organized crime, (i) any homicide; (ii) any crime that involves the use, attempted use, or |
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| 68 | 68 | | 21threatened use of force; (iii) any violation of the laws relating to controlled substances, as |
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| 69 | 69 | | 22defined in chapter 94C; (iv) any crime that involves the use, sale, purchase, delivery, transport, |
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| 70 | 70 | | 23or licensing of firearms; (v) human trafficking, as defined in sections 50 through 52 of chapter |
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| 71 | 71 | | 24265; (vi) being an accessory to any of the offenses described in this sentence and conspiracy or |
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| 72 | 72 | | 25attempt or solicitation to commit any of the offenses describes in this sentence. |
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