Bill Text: MA H557 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Regulate the registration of certain web sites by political parties and committees and candidates for public office
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-26 - Read second and ordered to a third reading [H557 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H557-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
John J. Binienda
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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 prohibiting certain election practices.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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John J. Binienda |
17th Worcester |
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Christine E. Canavan |
10th Plymouth |
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John P. Fresolo |
16th Worcester |
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Cory Atkins |
14th Middlesex |
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Jennifer M. Callahan |
18th Worcester |
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Kathi-Anne Reinstein |
16th Suffolk |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS
SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 632 OF 2007-2008.]
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act prohibiting certain election practices.
��������������� 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 56 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, �is hereby amended by inserting after section 41A the following section:�
��� �Section 41B.� No political party, political committee or person, including but not limited to a candidate for elective office or a supporter thereof, shall register a web site that could be identified as the web site of another person who is an elected official, or a candidate or potential candidate for elective office.� Whoever knowingly violated this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment for not more than 6 months.
