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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1967 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1478 |
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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 | | Tricia Farley-Bouvier |
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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 amend the civil rights law, in relation to reporting a non-emergency incident involving |
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| 13 | 13 | | a member of a protected class. |
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| 14 | 14 | | _______________ |
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| 15 | 15 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 16 | 16 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Tricia Farley-Bouvier2nd Berkshire1/19/2023Vanna Howard17th Middlesex2/1/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1967 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 18 | 18 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1478 |
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| 19 | 19 | | By Representative Farley-Bouvier of Pittsfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1478) of Tricia Farley-Bouvier and Vanna Howard relative to reporting non-emergency incidents |
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| 21 | 21 | | involving members of protected classes. The Judiciary. |
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| 22 | 22 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 1561 OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 24 | 24 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 27 | 27 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 28 | 28 | | _______________ |
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| 29 | 29 | | An Act to amend the civil rights law, in relation to reporting a non-emergency incident involving |
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| 30 | 30 | | a member of a protected class. |
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| 31 | 31 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 32 | 32 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 33 | 33 | | 1 SECTION 1. Chapter 265 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2Section 59 the following section:- |
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| 35 | 35 | | 3 SECTION 60. FALSE POLICE CLAIMS RELATING TO A MEMBER OF THE |
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| 36 | 36 | | 4PROTECTED CLASS; PENALTIES. |
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| 37 | 37 | | 5 SECTION 60. (a) Any person who intentionally selects a person or property for harm or |
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| 38 | 38 | | 6causes damage to the property of another or causes physical injury or death to another or |
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| 39 | 39 | | 7summons a police officer or peace officer without reason to suspect a violation of the penal law, |
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| 40 | 40 | | 8any other criminal conduct, or an imminent threat to a person or property, in whole or in |
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| 41 | 41 | | 9substantial part because of a belief or perception regarding the race, color, national origin, 2 of 2 |
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| 42 | 42 | | 10ancestry, gender, religion, religious practice, age, disability or sexual orientation of a person, |
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| 43 | 43 | | 11regardless of whether the belief or perception is correct, shall be liable, in a civil action or |
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| 44 | 44 | | 12proceeding maintained by such individual or group of individuals, for injunctive relief, damages, |
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| 45 | 45 | | 13or any other appropriate relief in law or equity. If it shall appear to the satisfaction of the court or |
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| 46 | 46 | | 14justice that the respondent has, in fact, violated this section, an injunction may be issued by such |
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| 47 | 47 | | 15court or justice, enjoining and restraining any further violation, without requiring proof that any |
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| 48 | 48 | | 16person has, in fact, been injured or damaged thereby. For the purposes of this subdivision, a |
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| 49 | 49 | | 17person lacks reason to suspect a violation of the penal law, any other criminal conduct, or an |
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| 50 | 50 | | 18imminent threat to a person or property where a reasonable person would not suspect such |
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| 51 | 51 | | 19violation, conduct, or threat. |
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