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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3557 FILED ON: 1/17/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2429
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Colleen M. Garry
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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 protecting victims of sexual assault.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Colleen M. Garry36th Middlesex1/17/2025 1 of 2
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3557 FILED ON: 1/17/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2429
By Representative Garry of Dracut, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2429) of Colleen
M. Garry relative to testing persons convicted of sexual assault for the HIV virus. Public Health.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2179 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 protecting victims of sexual assault.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 Chapter 265 of the General Laws, is hereby amended by inserting after section 24C the
2following section: — Section 24D. (a) Within 14 days after conviction of any crime listed in
3section 13B, 13F, 13H, 22, 22A, 23, 24, or 24B of this Chapter, the person convicted shall
4submit to medical testing to determine the presence of Human Immune Deficiency Virus and the
5results of said testing shall be made available to the person tested and to the complaining witness
6of the crimes for which the conviction stands. (b) Said testing shall be conducted under the
7direction of the Superintendent, Warden or Sheriff of any institution in which the convicted
8person is held in custody, or under the direction of the Probation Department of the Court in
9which the conviction occurred, if the person convicted is not held in custody. (c)
10Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, no person required to be tested under
11this Section may be eligible for parole, work release, education release, or transfer to any facility 2 of 2
12except a maximum or medium security facility, nor shall said person accrue any credits for
13deductions for early release from his sentence until such time said testing is completed. (d) Any
14person refusing to submit to testing under this section shall be returned to the Court of his
15conviction within seven days following such refusal, and shall show cause why said person shall
16not be held in contempt of said Court. At said hearing, the Court may, in its discretion, sentence
17said person for contempt, revoke and revise the person’s sentence, or both. Such refusal shall
18also constitute sufficient grounds for a Court to find a person in violation of any period if
19probation.