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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1589 FILED ON: 1/15/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 638 |
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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 | | Jay D. Livingstone |
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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 protect library patron privacy. |
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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:Jay D. Livingstone8th Suffolk1/15/2025Lindsay N. Sabadosa1st Hampshire2/4/2025Adrianne Pusateri Ramos14th Essex3/6/2025 1 of 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1589 FILED ON: 1/15/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 638 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Livingstone of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 638) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Jay D. Livingstone, Lindsay N. Sabadosa and Adrianne Pusateri Ramos for legislation relative to |
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| 20 | 20 | | the privacy of library records. Education. |
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| 21 | 21 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 22 | 22 | | _______________ |
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| 23 | 23 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act to protect library patron privacy. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 28 | 28 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 7 of chapter 78 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2the third sentence. |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3 SECTION 2. Said chapter 78 is hereby amended by inserting after section 7 the following |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4section:- |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5 Section 7A. |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6 That part of the records of a public library which reveals the identity and intellectual |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7pursuits of a person using such library shall not be a public record as defined by clause Twenty- |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8sixth of section seven of chapter four. Access to such part of such library records shall be granted |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9only with a warrant issued pursuant to chapter 276 or under exigent circumstances. |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10 |
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