| 1 | 1 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . No. 4331 |
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| 2 | 2 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 3 | 3 | | ________________________________________ |
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| 4 | 4 | | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, February 8, 2024. |
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| 5 | 5 | | The committee on the Judiciary to whom was referred the petition |
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| 6 | 6 | | (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1490) of Carole A. Fiola and Paul A. |
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| 7 | 7 | | Schmid, III relative to authorizing electronic signatures for criminal |
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| 8 | 8 | | complaints, reports recommending that the accompanying bill (House, No. |
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| 9 | 9 | | 4331) ought to pass. |
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| 10 | 10 | | For the committee, |
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| 11 | 11 | | MICHAEL S. DAY. 1 of 2 |
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| 12 | 12 | | FILED ON: 2/5/2024 |
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| 13 | 13 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4331 |
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| 14 | 14 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 15 | 15 | | _______________ |
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| 16 | 16 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 17 | 17 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 18 | 18 | | _______________ |
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| 19 | 19 | | An Act relative to authorizing electronic signatures for criminal complaints. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 21 | 21 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 22 of chapter 276 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 |
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| 23 | 23 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting, in line 4, after the word “subscribed” the |
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| 24 | 24 | | 3following words:- , electronically or in person. |
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| 25 | 25 | | 4 SECTION 2. Said section 22 of said chapter 276 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is |
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| 26 | 26 | | 5hereby further amended by inserting, in line 7, after the word “Procedure.” the following words:- |
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| 27 | 27 | | 6A law enforcement officer acting as complainant, may, if submitting a complaint electronically, |
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| 28 | 28 | | 7in lieu of being examined on oath by a justice, subscribe to the complaint electronically under the |
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| 29 | 29 | | 8pains and penalties of perjury. |
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| 30 | 30 | | 9 SECTION 3. Section 2 of chapter 275 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby |
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| 31 | 31 | | 10amended by inserting, in line 5, after the word “subscribed” the following words:- , |
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| 32 | 32 | | 11electronically or in person,. |
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| 33 | 33 | | 12 SECTION 4. Said section 2 of said chapter 275 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is |
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| 34 | 34 | | 13hereby further amended by inserting, in line 5, after the word “complainant.” the following 2 of 2 |
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| 35 | 35 | | 14words:- A law enforcement officer acting as complainant, may, if submitting a complaint |
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| 36 | 36 | | 15electronically, in lieu of being examined on oath by such court or a justice, subscribe to the |
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| 37 | 37 | | 16complaint electronically under the pains and penalties of perjury. |
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