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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1670 FILED ON: 1/15/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1845
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
David Paul Linsky
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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 GPS tampering.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:David Paul Linsky5th Middlesex1/15/2025Kristin E. Kassner2nd Essex1/29/2025Carmine Lawrence Gentile13th Middlesex2/18/2025 1 of 1
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1670 FILED ON: 1/15/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1845
By Representative Linsky of Natick, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1845) of David
Paul Linsky, Kristin E. Kassner and Carmine Lawrence Gentile relative to GPS tampering. The
Judiciary.
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 GPS tampering.
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 1. Chapter 268 of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the
2following new section:
3 Section 41. Whoever, having been ordered to wear a GPS tracking device by a court of
4the Commonwealth or by another Court of competent jurisdiction, as part of a condition of
5probation or as a condition of pre-trial release, and who intentionally damages, removes,
6modifies or deactivates said GPS tracking device, or who attempts to damage, remove, modify or
7deactivate said GPS tracking device, shall be punished by imprisonment by no more than five
8years or incarceration in the House of Correction by not more than two-and-one half years.