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SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2144 FILED ON: 1/20/2023
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1060
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Mark C. Montigny
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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 to provide a DNA exception for statute of limitations on sex offenses.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Mark C. MontignySecond Bristol and PlymouthAdam Scanlon14th Bristol1/24/2023Michael O. MooreSecond Worcester2/15/2023James B. EldridgeMiddlesex and Worcester2/17/2023Anne M. GobiWorcester and Hampshire2/21/2023 1 of 1
SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2144 FILED ON: 1/20/2023
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1060
By Mr. Montigny, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1060) of Mark C. Montigny,
Adam Scanlon, Michael O. Moore, James B. Eldridge and others for legislation to provide a
DNA exception for statute of limitations on sex offenses. The Judiciary.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 1096 OF 2021-2022.]
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 to provide a DNA exception for statute of limitations on sex offenses.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 Section 63 of chapter 277 of the General Laws, as so appearing in the 2020 Official
2Edition, is hereby amended by inserting at the end thereof the following paragraph:-
3 Notwithstanding the first paragraph, a prosecution for a sex offense, as defined in section
4178C of chapter 6, may be commenced at any time if forensic evidence, as defined in section 220
5of chapter 111, has been collected and preserved, and if such forensic evidence can be subjected
6to DNA analysis, as defined in section 1 of chapter 22E, that can establish the identity of the
7defendant.