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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 318 FILED ON: 1/11/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1761
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Adam Scanlon
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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 relative to the protection of persons with disabilities.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Adam Scanlon14th Bristol1/11/2023Bud L. Williams11th Hampden1/20/2023Vanna Howard17th Middlesex1/31/2023 1 of 1
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 318 FILED ON: 1/11/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1761
By Representative Scanlon of North Attleborough, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
1761) of Adam Scanlon, Bud L. Williams and Vanna Howard relative to the penalty for sexual
assaults upon persons with disabilities. 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 relative to the protection of persons with disabilities.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 Chapter 265 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby
2amended by inserting after section 22C, the following new section:
3 Section 22D. Whoever has sexual intercourse or unnatural sexual intercourse with a
4person with disability, as defined in section 13K, and compels such a person with disability to
5submit by force and against his or her will or compels such a person with disability to submit by
6threat of bodily injury, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for life or for any
7terms of years. A prosecution commenced under this section shall neither be continued without a
8finding nor placed on file.