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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1332 FILED ON: 1/14/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1527
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
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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 relative to public housing restrictions for sex offenders.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Bradley H. Jones, Jr.20th Middlesex1/14/2025Kimberly N. Ferguson1st Worcester1/14/2025Paul K. Frost7th Worcester1/31/2025Todd M. Smola1st Hampden3/10/2025Hannah Kane11th Worcester1/28/2025Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr.5th Worcester2/3/2025Alyson M. Sullivan-Almeida7th Plymouth2/11/2025Steven George Xiarhos5th Barnstable2/15/2025 1 of 1
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1332 FILED ON: 1/14/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1527
By Representative Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1527) of
Bradley H. Jones, Jr. and others relative to public housing restrictions for sex offenders.
Housing.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1342 OF 2023-2024.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)
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An Act relative to public housing restrictions for sex offenders.
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 26 of chapter 121B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official
2Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after subsection (p), the following subsection:-
3 (q) Shall deny access to public housing facilities that are subsidized by the
4commonwealth for all persons who have been convicted of Level 2 or Level 3 sex offenses in the
5commonwealth