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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2945 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1531 |
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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 | | Carlos González |
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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 penalties for crimes against seniors. |
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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:Carlos González10th Hampden1/18/2023Bud L. Williams11th Hampden1/20/2023Brian M. Ashe2nd Hampden1/30/2023Vanna Howard17th Middlesex1/31/2023 1 of 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2945 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1531 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative González of Springfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1531) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Carlos González and others relative to penalties for crimes against seniors. The Judiciary. |
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| 20 | 20 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 21 | 21 | | _______________ |
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| 22 | 22 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 23 | 23 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | An Act relative to penalties for crimes against seniors. |
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| 26 | 26 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 27 | 27 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 28 | 28 | | 1 Section 13K of chapter 265 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by |
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| 29 | 29 | | 2adding the following subsection:- |
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| 30 | 30 | | 3 (g) Whenever any person has been convicted of subsections (a½) to (e), inclusive, when |
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| 31 | 31 | | 4the victim of such crime is an elder or a person residing in senior housing, the person convicted |
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| 32 | 32 | | 5shall register annually for 5 consecutive years with the office of probation, which shall maintain |
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| 33 | 33 | | 6a central registry of all such persons. The registration shall include (i) the offender’s home |
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| 34 | 34 | | 7address and any secondary addresses; (ii) the offender’s work address; (iii) the offender’s age, |
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| 35 | 35 | | 8sex, race, height, weight, eye and hair color; (iv) a photograph of the offender; and (v) whether |
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| 36 | 36 | | 9the offender is in compliance with the registration requirement of this subsection. Whoever fails |
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| 37 | 37 | | 10to register as required by this subsection shall be punished by imprisonment in the house of |
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| 38 | 38 | | 11correction for not more than 2½ years, or by a fine of not more than $5,000, or by both such fine |
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| 39 | 39 | | 12and imprisonment. |
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