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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3673 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1753 |
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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 | | Jeffrey N. Roy |
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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 concerning assault of a sports official. |
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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:Jeffrey N. Roy10th Norfolk1/20/2023Bruce J. Ayers1st Norfolk2/6/2023 1 of 3 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3673 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1753 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Roy of Franklin, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1753) of Jeffrey |
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| 19 | 19 | | N. Roy and Bruce J. Ayers relative to assaults upon sports officials. 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 concerning assault of a sports official. |
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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 1. Chapter 265 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, |
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| 29 | 29 | | 2is hereby amended by adding the following section: - |
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| 30 | 30 | | 3 Section 13O. (a) As used in this chapter the following words shall, unless the context |
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| 31 | 31 | | 4clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings: |
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| 32 | 32 | | 5 ''Serious bodily injury'', bodily injury which results in a permanent disfigurement, |
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| 33 | 33 | | 6protracted loss or impairment of a bodily function, limb or organ, or substantial risk of death. |
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| 34 | 34 | | 7 "Sporting event", an organized competitive athletic activity between 2 or more |
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| 35 | 35 | | 8individuals. |
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| 36 | 36 | | 9 "Sports official", an individual who officially administers or officially assists in |
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| 37 | 37 | | 10administering the rules at any sporting event, including, but not limited to, a referee. 2 of 3 |
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| 38 | 38 | | 11 (b) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person who assaults, batters, or |
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| 39 | 39 | | 12assaults and batters an individual who performs his or her duties as a sports official immediately |
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| 40 | 40 | | 13before, during, or after a sporting event, or at any other time if the assault, battery, or assault and |
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| 41 | 41 | | 14battery directly arises from the sports official's execution of his or her duty as a sports official, is |
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| 42 | 42 | | 15guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 1 year or a fine of not |
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| 43 | 43 | | 16more than $1,000.00, or both. |
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| 44 | 44 | | 17 (c) A person who assaults, batters, or assaults and batters an individual who performs his |
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| 45 | 45 | | 18or her duties as a sports official immediately before, during, or after a sporting event, or at any |
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| 46 | 46 | | 19other time if the assault, battery, or assault and battery arises from the sports official's execution |
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| 47 | 47 | | 20of his or her duty as a sports official, causing the individual bodily injury requiring medical |
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| 48 | 48 | | 21attention or medical care, is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 2 |
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| 49 | 49 | | 22years or a fine of not more than $2,000.00, or both. |
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| 50 | 50 | | 23 (d) A person who assaults, batters, or assaults and batters an individual who performs his |
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| 51 | 51 | | 24or her duties as a sports official immediately before, during, or after a sporting event, or at any |
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| 52 | 52 | | 25other time if the assault, battery, or assault and battery arises from the sports official's execution |
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| 53 | 53 | | 26of his or her duty as a sports official, causing the individual serious impairment of a body |
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| 54 | 54 | | 27function, is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 5 years or a fine of |
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| 55 | 55 | | 28not less than $1,000.00 or more than $5,000.00, or both. |
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| 56 | 56 | | 29 (f) This section does not prohibit a person from being charged with, convicted of, or |
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| 57 | 57 | | 30punished for any other violation of law arising out of the same transaction as the violation of this |
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| 58 | 58 | | 31section. 3 of 3 |
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| 59 | 59 | | 32 (g) An entity that owns or operates a facility at which an individual performs duties as a |
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| 60 | 60 | | 33sports official shall post a sign in that facility that includes the text of subsections (1) to (3) and, |
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| 61 | 61 | | 34if requested by a sports official, shall provide an escort. An entity that violates this subsection is |
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| 62 | 62 | | 35responsible for a state civil infraction and may be ordered to pay a civil fine of not more than |
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| 63 | 63 | | 36$500.00. |
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