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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 649 FILED ON: 1/15/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1814 |
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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 | | Susannah M. Whipps |
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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 protect employees of DCF. |
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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:Susannah M. Whipps2nd Franklin1/15/2023Christopher Hendricks11th Bristol2/1/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 649 FILED ON: 1/15/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1814 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Whipps of Athol, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1814) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Susannah M. Whipps and Christopher Hendricks for legislation to establish penalties for |
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| 20 | 20 | | threatening an employee of Department of Children and Families. The Judiciary. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 1926 OF 2021-2022.] |
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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 protect employees of DCF. |
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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 Chapter 265 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 13M the |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2following section:- |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3 (a) A person shall not by words or conduct knowingly: |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4 (1) threaten an employee of Department of Children & Families; and as a result of the |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5threat, place the other person in reasonable belief of death or serious bodily injury. |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6 (b) A person who violates subsection (a) of this section shall be imprisoned not more than |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7two years or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both. |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8 (c) A person who violates subsection (a) of this section with the intent to prevent another |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9person from reporting to the Department for Children and Families the suspected abuse or 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10neglect of a child shall be imprisoned not more than two years or fined not more than $1,000.00, |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11or both. |
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