Massachusetts 2023-2024 Regular Session

Massachusetts House Bill H1580 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 02/16/2023

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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2039       FILED ON: 1/19/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1580
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
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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 the release of sex offender information to victims.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Bradley H. Jones, Jr.20th Middlesex1/17/2023Nicholas A. Boldyga3rd Hampden1/26/2023Susan Williams Gifford2nd Plymouth1/26/2023F. Jay Barrows1st Bristol1/26/2023Hannah Kane11th Worcester1/30/2023Paul K. Frost7th Worcester1/31/2023Kimberly N. Ferguson1st Worcester1/31/2023Alyson M. Sullivan-Almeida7th Plymouth2/9/2023 1 of 1
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2039       FILED ON: 1/19/2023
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By Representative Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1580) of 
Bradley H. Jones, Jr. and others relative to the release of sex offender information to victims. 
The Judiciary.
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 the release of sex offender information to victims.
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. Section 178I of chapter 6 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 
2Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the second paragraph, the following:	— 
3Upon the request of a victim who has enrolled in the board’s victim services unit, the board shall 
4inform the victim of the sex offender’s final classification, as well as the sex offender’s home 
5address, secondary address, work address and where the offender attends school.