Bill Text: MA H1351 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Increasing the penalties for breaking and entering dwellings during daytime with intent to commit a felony
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-20 - Public Hearing date 7/14 at 12:00 PM in Gardner Auditorium [H1351 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H1351-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Lewis G. Evangelidis
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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 passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act Relative to Increasing the Penalties for Breaking and Entering Dwellings During the Daytime with Intent to Commit a Felony.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Lewis G. Evangelidis |
1st Worcester |
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Jeffrey Davis Perry |
5th Barnstable |
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Todd M. Smola |
1st Hampden |
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Bruce E. Tarr |
First Essex and Middlesex |
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Christine E. Canavan |
10th Plymouth |
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Richard J. Ross |
9th Norfolk |
[SIMILAR MATTER
FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1390 OF 2007-2008.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act Relative to Increasing the Penalties for
Breaking and Entering Dwellings During the Daytime with Intent to Commit a
Felony.
Be it enacted by
the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the
authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 17 of Chapter 266 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2000 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out same and inserting in place thereof the following:
(a)Whoever, in the night time, enters without breaking, or breaks and enters in the day time, a building, ship, vessel, or vehicle, with intent to commit a felony, the owner or any other person lawfully therein being put in fear, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than ten years.
(b)Whoever, in the day time, breaks and enters a dwelling with intent to commit a felony, the owner or any other person lawfully therein being put in fear, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for life or any term of years, provided that any sentence imposed under the provisions of this paragraph shall be subject to the minimum requirements of paragraph (c).
