MA S954

Bill

Further regulating name changes of registered sex offenders

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 further regulate name changes of registered sex offenders. The Judiciary.

AI Summary

This bill further regulates the name changes of registered sex offenders in Massachusetts. It requires sex offenders to notify the Sex Offender Registry Board (the Board) within 7 days of changing their name, and failure to do so can result in up to 2.5 years of imprisonment or a fine of up to $1,000. Upon receiving notification of a name change, the Board must promptly inform various law enforcement agencies and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The Board and local police departments are also required to further notify other relevant governmental entities and the public about the sex offender's name change, as authorized under existing law.

Committee Categories

Justice

Sponsors (1)

Donald Humason (R),

Last Action

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

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S954

(10 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S954
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S954.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1409	Relative to sex offenders	Accompanied a study order, see H5081	Similar To
H2083	Creating a task force to study the use of the internet by sex offenders	Discharged to the committee on House Rules	Similar To
H3416	Relative to counsel for sex offenders	Accompanied a study order, see H5081	Similar To
H3418	Relative to accessing Level 1 sex offender information	Accompanied a study order, see H5081	Similar To
H3476	Relative to the safety of children in camps	Accompanied a study order, see H5081	Similar To
S1003	Relative to level-three sex offender residency restrictions	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Similar To
S1004	Establishing a special commission relative to the uniformity of sex offender residency restrictions in the Commonwealth	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Similar To
S1375	Concerning GPS devices to be worn by certain sex offender probationers and parolees	Accompanied a study order, see S2565	Similar To
S1438	Relative to oversight of the sex offender registry board	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	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

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