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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1462 FILED ON: 1/18/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1613 |
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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 | | John J. Lawn, Jr. |
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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 extend statute of limitations for incest. |
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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:John J. Lawn, Jr.10th Middlesex1/18/2023Hannah Kane11th Worcester1/31/2023Carol A. Doherty3rd Bristol1/31/2023Vanna Howard17th Middlesex2/7/2023 1 of 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1462 FILED ON: 1/18/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1613 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Lawn of Watertown, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1613) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | John J. Lawn, Jr. and others relative to extending the statute of limitations for incest. The |
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| 20 | 20 | | Judiciary. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 1722 OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act to extend statute of limitations for incest. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 Section 1. The second paragraph of Section 63 of Chapter 277, is hereby amended to |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2provide as follows: - |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3 Notwithstanding the first paragraph, if a victim of a crime set forth in section 13B, 13F, |
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| 34 | 34 | | 413H, 22, 22A, 23, 24B, 26A or 50 of chapter 265, or section 1, 2, 3, 4, 4A, 4B, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, |
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| 35 | 35 | | 526, 28, 29A, 29B, 33, 34, 35 or 35A of chapter 272 is under the age of 16 at the time the crime is |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6committed, or, if a victim of section 17 of chapter 272 is under the age of 18 at the time the |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7crime is committed, the period of limitation for prosecution shall not commence until the victim |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8has reached the age of 16 (or has reached age 18 if a victim of section 17 of chapter 272) or the |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9violation is reported to a law enforcement agency, whichever occurs earlier. |
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