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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 318 FILED ON: 1/11/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1761 |
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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 |
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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 relative to the protection of persons with disabilities. |
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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 Bristol1/11/2023Bud L. Williams11th Hampden1/20/2023Vanna Howard17th Middlesex1/31/2023 1 of 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 318 FILED ON: 1/11/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1761 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Scanlon of North Attleborough, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1761) of Adam Scanlon, Bud L. Williams and Vanna Howard relative to the penalty for sexual |
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| 20 | 20 | | assaults upon persons with disabilities. The Judiciary. |
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| 21 | 21 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 22 | 22 | | _______________ |
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| 23 | 23 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act relative to the protection of persons with disabilities. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 28 | 28 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 1 Chapter 265 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2amended by inserting after section 22C, the following new section: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3 Section 22D. Whoever has sexual intercourse or unnatural sexual intercourse with a |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4person with disability, as defined in section 13K, and compels such a person with disability to |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5submit by force and against his or her will or compels such a person with disability to submit by |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6threat of bodily injury, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for life or for any |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7terms of years. A prosecution commenced under this section shall neither be continued without a |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8finding nor placed on file. |
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