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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 265 FILED ON: 1/11/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1428
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Edward F. Coppinger
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to personal information.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Edward F. Coppinger10th Suffolk1/11/2023 1 of 2
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 265 FILED ON: 1/11/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1428
By Representative Coppinger of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1428) of
Edward F. Coppinger relative to releasing personal information of police officers. The Judiciary.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1496 OF 2021-2022.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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An Act relative to personal information.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 SECTION 1. Chapter 41 of the General Laws, as so appearing in the 2014 Official
2Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following new section:-
3 Section 98H. No person, business, or association shall publicly post or publicly display
4on the internet or make publicly available in any manner the personal information of any police
5officer, said police officer’s residing spouse or said police officer’s child without the consent of
6said police officer. Personal information shall mean a home address, home telephone number,
7personal mobile telephone number, pager number, personal email address, personal photographs,
8or information on the personal vehicle registered to said individual. A violation of this section
9shall be punishable by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars or by imprisonment in a 2 of 2
10house of corrections for not more than two and one-half years, or by both such fine and
11imprisonment.