Bill Text: MA H1669 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: The issuance of permanent restraining orders upon complaints filed by victims of violent crimes and their families
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-20 - Public Hearing date 7/14 at 12:00 PM in Gardner Auditorium [H1669 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H1669-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Elizabeth Poirier
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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 providing for restraining orders for victims of a crime and their family members.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Elizabeth Poirier |
14th Bristol |
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F. Jay Barrows |
1st Bristol |
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Bruce E. Tarr |
First Essex and Middlesex |
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Timothy J. Toomey, Jr. |
26th Middlesex |
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Paul K. Frost |
7th Worcester |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS
SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1686 OF 2007-2008.]
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act providing for restraining orders for victims of a crime and their family members.
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. Chapter 209A of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after Section C the following section:—
Section3D. For the purposes of this section, a “victim” shall be a person who suffers personal injury or death as the result of a crime. A “family member of a victim” shall include the spouse, parent, grandparent, stepmother, stepfather, child, grandchild, brother, sister, half-brother, half-sister, adopted children of parent or spouse’s parents. An “offender” shall be a person who commits a crime against a victim.
A victim or family member of a victim may file a complaint in the court requesting an order permanently restraining an offender from any contact with the victim or family member of a victim. Said proceedings shall be governed by the applicable provisions of section three except the relief shall be a permanent restraining order.
