MA S993

Bill

To enhance the lives of survivors of human trafficking

Introduced
01/22/2019

In Committee
01/22/2019

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

191st General Court

Bill Summary

For legislation to enhance the lives of survivors of human trafficking. The Judiciary.

AI Summary

This bill aims to enhance the lives of survivors of human trafficking. It proposes to amend the state's General Laws by allowing courts to seal the records of individuals who were previously charged with certain crimes related to human trafficking, but were subsequently found not guilty or had the charges dismissed. This would prevent these records from disqualifying the individual from public employment and require employers to state that applicants with sealed records can answer "no record" when asked about prior arrests or criminal court appearances.

Committee Categories

Justice

Sponsors (5)

Pat Haddad (D), Joan Lovely (D), Mark Montigny (D), Mike Moore (D), Patrick O'Connor (R),

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see S2496 (on 02/03/2020)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S993

(14 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S993
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S993.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1376	Permitting persons to bring car damage arising from a pothole against the public entity into small claims court	Accompanied a study order, see H5081	Similar To
H1516	Relative to a person’s failure to appear in court due to enrollment in rehabilitation or detoxification facility	Accompanied a study order, see H5081	Similar To
H1987	Preserving dates of birth from city and town records	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Similar To
H1988	Relative to access to certain birth records	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Similar To
H2715	Relative to the opening meeting law	Accompanied a study order, see H5103	Similar To
H3300	Establishing a foreclosure review division of the Superior Court	Accompanied a study order, see H5081	Similar To
H3319	Resolutions requesting the Governor (with consent of the council) to remove Susan L. Jacobs from the office of Associate Justice of the Bristol Probate and Family Court of Bristol County	Accompanied a study order, see H5081	Similar To
H3439	Relative to financial records of defendants in small claims court	Accompanied a study order, see H5081	Similar To
H3477	Relative to testimony in OUI alcohol cases	Accompanied a study order, see H5081	Similar To
S1048	Establishing the refusal to provide certain records as an unfair labor practice	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Rules	Similar To
S2237	Establishing a sick leave bank for Peter Ferony, an employee of the Massachusetts Trial Court	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 38 of the Acts of 2019	Similar To
S2496	Order relative to authorizing the joint committee on the Judiciary to make an investigation and study of certain current Senate documents relative to judicial issues	Discharged to the committee on Senate Rules	Replaced by
S759	Protecting public higher education student information	Accompanied a new draft, see S2736	Similar To
S837	Providing indemnity from prosecution for probation officers and court officers employed by the Trial Court	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Similar To

Bill

Bill Name

Last Action

Type

H1376

Permitting persons to bring car damage arising from a pothole against the public entity into small claims court

Accompanied a study order, see H5081

Similar To

H1516

Relative to a person’s failure to appear in court due to enrollment in rehabilitation or detoxification facility

Accompanied a study order, see H5081

Similar To

H1987

Preserving dates of birth from city and town records

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Similar To

H1988

Relative to access to certain birth records

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Similar To

H2715

Relative to the opening meeting law

Accompanied a study order, see H5103

Similar To

H3300

Establishing a foreclosure review division of the Superior Court

Accompanied a study order, see H5081

Similar To

H3319

Resolutions requesting the Governor (with consent of the council) to remove Susan L. Jacobs from the office of Associate Justice of the Bristol Probate and Family Court of Bristol County

Accompanied a study order, see H5081

Similar To

H3439

Relative to financial records of defendants in small claims court

Accompanied a study order, see H5081

Similar To

H3477

Relative to testimony in OUI alcohol cases

Accompanied a study order, see H5081

Similar To

S1048

Establishing the refusal to provide certain records as an unfair labor practice

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Rules

Similar To

S2237

Establishing a sick leave bank for Peter Ferony, an employee of the Massachusetts Trial Court

Signed by the Governor, Chapter 38 of the Acts of 2019

Similar To

S2496

Order relative to authorizing the joint committee on the Judiciary to make an investigation and study of certain current Senate documents relative to judicial issues

Discharged to the committee on Senate Rules

Replaced by

S759

Protecting public higher education student information

Accompanied a new draft, see S2736

Similar To

S837

Providing indemnity from prosecution for probation officers and court officers employed by the Trial Court

Accompanied a study order, see S2496

Similar To

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