MA S977

Bill

Relative to the protection of vulnerable adults from sexual assault committed by mandated reporters, persons in a position of trust and providers of transportation

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 relative to the protection of vulnerable adults from sexual assault committed by mandated reporters, persons in a position of trust and providers of transportation. The Judiciary.

AI Summary

This bill amends Massachusetts law to provide additional protection for vulnerable adults from sexual assault committed by mandated reporters, persons in a position of trust, and providers of transportation. It creates a new criminal offense for sexual intercourse, unnatural sexual intercourse, or indecent assault and battery committed by these individuals against vulnerable adults, with penalties of up to 20 years in prison and life imprisonment for repeat offenders. The bill also adds this new offense to the definition of "sex offense" under the state's sex offender registration laws.

Committee Categories

Justice

Sponsors (1)

Jason Lewis (D),

Last Action

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

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S977

(9 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S977
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S977.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1436	Criminalizing sexual assault by fraud of a medical professional	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling	Similar To
H1912	Relative to sexual assault counselor task force	Accompanied a new draft, see H4446	Similar To
H3215	Establishing veterans’ service officers as mandated reporters	Accompanied a study order, see H4404	Similar To
S1307	Resolve establishing a sexual assault counselor certification task force	Accompanied a new draft, see S2692	Similar To
S137	Requiring domestic violence and sexual assault education for certain occupations	Accompanied S125	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
S736	Requiring sexual misconduct climate surveys at institutions of higher education	Accompanied a new draft, see S2580	Similar To
S844	Updating the definition of sexual assault counsellor to expand confidentiality protections	Accompanied a new draft, see S2491	Similar To
S926	Relative to the mandated reporter law	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Similar To

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