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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 178 FILED ON: 1/10/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1760 |
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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 | | Adam Scanlon and Hannah Kane |
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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 establish a DNA exception rule for victims of rape. |
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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: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 |
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| 16 | 16 | | James B. EldridgeMiddlesex and Worcester2/16/2023Adrianne Pusateri Ramos14th Essex2/18/2023 1 of 1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 178 FILED ON: 1/10/2023 |
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| 18 | 18 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1760 |
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| 19 | 19 | | By Representatives Scanlon of North Attleborough and Kane of Shrewsbury, a petition |
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| 20 | 20 | | (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1760) of Adam Scanlon, Hannah Kane and others relative to |
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| 21 | 21 | | the statute of limitations for the crime of rape and establishing a DNA exception rule. The |
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| 22 | 22 | | Judiciary. |
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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 establish a DNA exception rule for victims of rape. |
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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 Not withstanding the first paragraph, in the case of a victim of a crime set forth in section |
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| 32 | 32 | | 222 of chapter 265, if DNA is matched to a rape then the period of limitation for prosecution shall |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3be extended indefinitely beyond the 15 year statute of limitations. |
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