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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1838 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1531 |
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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 | | Adam Gomez |
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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 creating a database to track banned books in correctional facilities. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Adam GomezHampden 1 of 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1838 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1531 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Mr. Gomez, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1531) of Adam Gomez for |
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| 19 | 19 | | legislation to create a database to track banned books in correctional facilities. Public Safety and |
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| 20 | 20 | | Homeland Security. |
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| 21 | 21 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 22 | 22 | | _______________ |
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| 23 | 23 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act creating a database to track banned books in correctional facilities. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 28 | 28 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 2 of Chapter 127 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following section:- |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3 A database shall be created to record and track all banned books, publications, and |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4reading materials by the Department of Corrections. The superintendents of correctional |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5institutions of the commonwealth and the superintendents and keepers of jails, houses of |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6correction and of all other penal or reformatory institutions shall include, but not be limited to, |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7full and accurate records of every individual book, publication, and reading materials banned |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8from use by prisoners. These records shall include, but not be limited to, identifying information |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9of banned books, including the title, author, subject matter, and ISBN number of each book; the |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10name of the facility where the book is banned; an explanation as to why the book is banned; and |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11any records of appeals made on a banned book, without disclosing the names or any identifying |
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| 40 | 40 | | 12information of the person in custody who made the appeal. |
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