Bill Text: MA S1693 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced

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Bill Title: Further regulate sex offender registration

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-05 - Reporting date extended to Friday, May 7, 2010 [S1693 Detail]

Download: Massachusetts-2009-S1693-Introduced.html

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Fargo, Susan (SEN)

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
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��������������� The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:

An Act further regulating sex offender registration.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:	District/Address:
Fargo, Susan (SEN)	Third Middlesex
Cheryl A. Coakley-Rivera	10th Hampden
John A. Hart, Jr.	First Suffolk
Alice Hanlon Peisch	14th Norfolk
Harriette L. Chandler	First Worcester
Scott P. Brown	Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex
Jennifer L. Flanagan	Worcester and Middlesex
Benjamin B. Downing	Berkshire, Hampshire and Franklin
Michael R. Knapik	Second Hampden and Hampshire
Tom Sannicandro	7th Middlesex
Charles A. Murphy	21st Middlesex
Kevin G. Honan	17th Suffolk
Kathi-Anne Reinstein	16th Suffolk
Denise Provost	27th Middlesex
Cynthia Stone Creem	First Middlesex and Norfolk
Stephen L. DiNatale	3rd Worcester
Thomas P. Conroy	13th Middlesex
Barbara A. L'Italien	18th Essex
William Smitty Pignatelli	4th Berkshire
James B. Eldridge	Middlesex and Worcester
James E. Timilty	Bristol and Norfolk
Michael W. Morrissey	Norfolk and Plymouth
Bruce E. Tarr	First Essex and Middlesex
Karen E. Spilka	Second Middlesex and Norfolk
Robert L. Hedlund	Plymouth and Norfolk
Marc R. Pacheco	First Plymouth and Bristol
Steven A. Tolman	Second Suffolk and Middlesex
Richard J. Ross	9th Norfolk
Richard T. Moore	Worcester and Norfolk
Thomas M. Stanley	9th Middlesex
Michael O. Moore	Second Worcester
Anne M. Gobi	5th Worcester
Susan C. Tucker	Second Essex and Middlesex
William Lantigua	16th Essex
John W. Scibak	2nd Hampshire
Steven A. Baddour	First Essex
Martha M. Walz	8th Suffolk
Stephen M. Brewer	Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin
Thomas M. McGee	Third Essex and Middlesex
Cory Atkins	14th Middlesex
Matthew C. Patrick	3rd Barnstable
Katherine Clark	32nd Middlesex
Brian A. Joyce	Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth
Mark C. Montigny	Second Bristol and Plymouth
Benjamin Swan	11th Hampden
Kathi-Anne Reinstein	16th Suffolk
Gale D. Candaras	First Hampden and Hampshire

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. S00915 OF 2007-2008.]

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine

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An Act further regulating sex offender registration.

Whereas, The deferred operation for this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is forthwith to make , therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public convenience.

��������������� 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 178E of chapter 6 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the words �commonwealth or in another state�, in lines 24, 66 and 92, the following words, in each instance:-

and to give notice of change of name,

SECTION 2.  Chapter 6 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after said section 178E the following section:-

 Section 178E �  (a) A sex offender who is required to register pursuant to sections 178C to 178P, inclusive, shall notify the board within 7 days after a change of name.  A sex offender who knowingly violates this provision shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than 2 1/2 years in the house of correction or by a fine of not more than $1,000, or both. A violation of this subsection may be prosecuted in the district court in the judicial district where the sex offender currently resides, works or attends an institution of higher learning or other educational institution in the commonwealth, or where the sex offender is currently registered to work, reside or attend an institution of higher learning or other educational institution in the commonwealth, based on the sex offender�s latest registration data.  

(b)    The board, upon receipt of the sex offender�s name change notification, shall      promptly transmit notice of the sex offender�s name registration change to: the police departments in the municipalities in the commonwealth wherein the sex offender is currently registered to reside, work or attend an institution of higher learning or other educational institution; the police departments in the municipalities in the commonwealth wherein the sex offender, as currently registered with the board, intends to reside, work, or plans to attend an institution of higher learning; and the police departments in the municipalities in the commonwealth wherein a sex offense was committed and  the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

(c)   Except as required under subsection (b), the board shall make notification of a sex offender�s name change to governmental departments, agencies, institutions and municipal police departments or to the public, as authorized under section 178K to receive registration information. A municipal police department notified by the board of a sex offender�s name change pursuant to subsection (b) shall make notification of such name change to individuals, organizations, governmental departments, agencies and institutions and municipal police departments or the public, as authorized under section 178K to receive registration information.