Massachusetts 2023-2024 Regular Session

Massachusetts House Bill H1733 Compare Versions

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2	2	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1572 FILED ON: 1/18/2023
3	3	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1733
4	4	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
5	5	_________________
6	6	PRESENTED BY:
7	7	David M. Rogers
8	8	_________________
9	9	To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
10	10	Court assembled:
11	11	The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
12	12	An Act expanding opportunities for individuals in the criminal offender record information
13	13	system.
14	14	_______________
15	15	PETITION OF:
16	16	NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:David M. Rogers24th Middlesex1/18/2023 1 of 2
17	17	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1572 FILED ON: 1/18/2023
18	18	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1733
19	19	By Representative Rogers of Cambridge, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1733) of
20	20	David M. Rogers relative to opportunities for individuals in the criminal offender record
21	21	information system. The Judiciary.
22	22	[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
23	23	SEE HOUSE, NO. 4158 OF 2021-2022.]
24	24	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
25	25	_______________
26	26	In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
27	27	(2023-2024)
28	28	_______________
29	29	An Act expanding opportunities for individuals in the criminal offender record information
30	30	system.
31	31	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
32	32	of the same, as follows:
33	33	1 Clause (3) of the second sentence of subsection (a) of section 172 of chapter 6 of the
34	34	2General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the
35	35	3second sentence and inserting in place thereof the following 2 sentences:- Criminal offender
36	36	4record information made available under this section shall be limited to the following: (i) felony
37	37	5convictions or findings of not guilty by reason of insanity for 10 years following the disposition
38	38	6thereof, including termination of any period of incarceration or custody, (ii) misdemeanor
39	39	7convictions for 5 years following the disposition thereof, including termination of any period of
40	40	8incarceration or custody, and (iii) pending criminal charges, which shall include cases that have
41	41	9been continued without a finding until such time as the case is dismissed pursuant to section 18
42	42	10of chapter 278 except cases for individuals with no prior criminal record that have been 2 of 2
43	43	11continued without a finding until such time as the case is dismissed pursuant to said section 18 of
44	44	12said chapter 278 unless the case is delineated in section 100J of chapter 276; and provided
45	45	13further, that a violation of section 7 of chapter 209A and a violation of section 9 of chapter 258E
46	46	14shall be treated as a felony for purposes of this section. For purposes of this clause, “pending
47	47	15criminal charges” shall mean charges pending in a Massachusetts court where a disposition has
48	48	16not yet been entered, except a pending misdemeanor criminal charge for an individual with no
49	49	17existing prior criminal record and a pending charge that is not delineated in section 100J of
50	50	18chapter 276.