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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 454 FILED ON: 1/9/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1589 |
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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 | | Christine P. Barber |
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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 to amend the definition of hate crime. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Christine P. Barber34th Middlesex1/9/2025Patrick Joseph Kearney4th Plymouth2/3/2025 1 of 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 454 FILED ON: 1/9/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1589 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Barber of Somerville, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1589) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Christine P. Barber and Patrick Joseph Kearney relative to the definition of hate crime. The |
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| 20 | 20 | | Judiciary. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 1392 OF 2023-2024.] |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act to amend the definition of hate crime. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 Section 1. Section 39(a) of Chapter 265 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2official edition, is hereby amended by replacing the words “of a person” in Line 2 with the words |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3“of another” and replacing the words “such person” in Line 3 with the words “a person.” |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4 Section 2. Section 39(a) of Chapter 265 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5official edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph after paragraph one of the |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6said section: “If restitution is ordered under the provisions of this section for purposes of |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7repairing the damage done to the real or personal property with intent to intimidate a person |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8because of such person’s race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9or disability, such restitution shall be used to repair the damage done to the property.” |
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