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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 178 FILED ON: 1/10/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1760
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Adam Scanlon and Hannah Kane
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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 to establish a DNA exception rule for victims of rape.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Adam Scanlon14th Bristol1/10/2023Hannah Kane11th Worcester1/10/2023Thomas M. Quinn IIIBristol County District Attorney1/10/2023Mark C. MontignySecond Bristol and Plymouth1/24/2023Natalie M. Higgins4th Worcester1/24/2023Steven S. Howitt4th Bristol1/25/2023Marcus S. Vaughn9th Norfolk1/25/2023Kelly W. Pease4th Hampden1/26/2023Kimberly N. Ferguson1st Worcester1/26/2023Steven George Xiarhos5th Barnstable1/28/2023Carol A. Doherty3rd Bristol1/29/2023Ryan M. Hamilton15th Essex1/30/2023Joseph D. McKenna18th Worcester1/31/2023F. Jay Barrows1st Bristol2/6/2023Mary S. Keefe15th Worcester2/6/2023Michelle M. DuBois10th Plymouth2/7/2023Tricia Farley-Bouvier2nd Berkshire2/8/2023Patricia A. Haddad5th Bristol2/9/2023 2 of 2
James B. EldridgeMiddlesex and Worcester2/16/2023Adrianne Pusateri Ramos14th Essex2/18/2023 1 of 1
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 178 FILED ON: 1/10/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1760
By Representatives Scanlon of North Attleborough and Kane of Shrewsbury, a petition
(accompanied by bill, House, No. 1760) of Adam Scanlon, Hannah Kane and others relative to
the statute of limitations for the crime of rape and establishing a DNA exception rule. 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 to establish a DNA exception rule for victims of rape.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 Not withstanding the first paragraph, in the case of a victim of a crime set forth in section
222 of chapter 265, if DNA is matched to a rape then the period of limitation for prosecution shall
3be extended indefinitely beyond the 15 year statute of limitations.