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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 941 FILED ON: 1/14/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1918 |
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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 | | Tram T. Nguyen |
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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 promoting fairness in youthful offender indictments. |
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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:Tram T. Nguyen18th Essex1/14/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 941 FILED ON: 1/14/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1918 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Nguyen of Andover, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1918) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Tram T. Nguyen relative to youthful offender indictments. The Judiciary. |
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| 20 | 20 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 21 | 21 | | _______________ |
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| 22 | 22 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 23 | 23 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | An Act promoting fairness in youthful offender indictments. |
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| 26 | 26 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 27 | 27 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 28 | 28 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 52 of chapter 119 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 |
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| 29 | 29 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 18, the word “fourteen” and inserting |
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| 30 | 30 | | 3in place thereof the following word:- sixteen. |
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| 31 | 31 | | 4 SECTION 2. Said section 52 of said chapter 119, as so appearing, is hereby further |
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| 32 | 32 | | 5amended by striking out, in line 21, the words “(a) has previously been committed to the |
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| 33 | 33 | | 6department of youth services, or (b) has committed an offense which involves the infliction or |
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| 34 | 34 | | 7threat of serious bodily harm in violation of law, or (c)” and inserting in place thereof the |
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| 35 | 35 | | 8following words:- (a) has committed an offense which involves the infliction or threat of serious |
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| 36 | 36 | | 9bodily harm in violation of law, or (b). |
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| 37 | 37 | | 10 SECTION 3. Said section 52 of said chapter 119, as so appearing, is hereby further |
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| 38 | 38 | | 11amended by striking out, in lines 25 - 28, the words “; provided that, nothing in this clause shall 2 of 2 |
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| 39 | 39 | | 12allow for less than the imposition of the mandatory commitment periods provided in section |
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| 40 | 40 | | 13fifty-eight of chapter one hundred and nineteen”. |
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| 41 | 41 | | 14 SECTION 4. Section 54 of said chapter 119, as so appearing, is hereby amended by |
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| 42 | 42 | | 15striking out, in line 21, the word “fourteen” and inserting in place thereof the following word:- |
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| 43 | 43 | | 16sixteen. |
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| 44 | 44 | | 17 SECTION 5. Section 54 of said chapter 119, as so appearing, is hereby amended by |
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| 45 | 45 | | 18striking out, in line 23, the words “, and the person has previously been committed to the |
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| 46 | 46 | | 19department of youth services,”. |
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| 47 | 47 | | 20 SECTION 6. Upon enactment, provisions of this bill shall apply to juvenile cases that |
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| 48 | 48 | | 21have not been adjudicated at the effective date of the law. |
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