Massachusetts 2023-2024 Regular Session

Massachusetts House Bill H5032 Compare Versions

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2	2	HOUSE . . . . . . . . No. 5032
3	3	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
4	4	________________________________________
5	5	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
6	6	The committee on The Judiciary, to whom were referred the petition
7	7	(accompanied by bill, House, No. 1404) of Daniel Cahill, Tommy Vitolo
8	8	and others relative to protecting homeowners from unnecessary
9	9	foreclosures; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1533) of
10	10	Kenneth I. Gordon for legislation to provide certain persons who were
11	11	abused as a child with compensation from the Division of Victim
12	12	Compensation and Assistance within the Department of the Attorney
13	13	General; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1537) of Kenneth
14	14	I. Gordon relative to the age of consent in certain criminal prosecutions
15	15	and civil actions for sexual assault and rape of a child; the petition
16	16	(accompanied by bill, House, No. 1538) of Kenneth I. Gordon relative to
17	17	preventing educator sexual misconduct and abuse of children and youth;
18	18	the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1548) of Natalie M. Higgins
19	19	and James K. Hawkins relative to preventing suicide; the joint petition
20	20	(accompanied by bill, House, No. 1599) of Sally P. Kerans, Rebecca L.
21	21	Rausch and others relative to further regulating access to abortion care; the
22	22	petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1648) of Jay D. Livingstone
23	23	relative to the distribution of property and the modification of the terms of
24	24	trusts; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1657) of John J.
25	25	Mahoney relative to strengthening the penalty for assault or assault and
26	26	battery on an emergency medical technician, ambulance operator,
27	27	ambulance attendant or health care provider; the petition (accompanied by
28	28	bill, House, No. 1710) of James J. O'Day, Manny Cruz and others relative
29	29	to the age of criminal majority; the petition (accompanied by bill, House,
30	30	No. 1754) of Lindsay N. Sabadosa and others relative to legalizing certain
31	31	plant medicine; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1791) of
32	32	Chynah Tyler and Andrea Joy Campbell relative to protecting the safety of
33	33	victims of violent crimes; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
34	34	3589) of Nicholas A. Boldyga relative to the legalization of certain natural
35	35	plants and fungi; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3921) of
36	36	Brandy Fluker Oakley relative to establishing a commission to study and 2 of 3
37	37	develop proposals for lineage-based reparations programs in the
38	38	Commonwealth; and the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4731)
39	39	of Kathleen R. LaNatra and Colleen M. Garry for legislation to further
40	40	regulate police reports involving railroad fatalities, reports recommending
41	41	that the accompanying order (House, No. 5032) ought to be adopted.
42	42	For the committee,
43	43	MICHAEL S. DAY. 3 of 3
44	44	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 5032
45	45	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
46	46	House of Representatives,
47	47	1 Ordered, That the committee on The Judiciary be authorized to sit during a recess of the
48	48	2General Court to make an investigation and study of House documents numbered 1404, 1533,
49	49	31537, 1538, 1548, 1599, 1648, 1657, 1710, 1754, 1791, 3589, 3921 and 4731, relative to
50	50	4educator misconduct, victim compensation, plant medicine and other related matters.
51	51	5 Said committee shall report to the General Court the results of its investigation and study
52	52	6and its recommendations, if any, together with drafts of legislation necessary to carry such
53	53	7recommendations into effect, by filing the same with the Clerk of the House of Representatives
54	54	8on or before December 31, 2024.