MA S2496

Bill

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

Introduced
02/03/2020

In Committee
02/06/2020

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

191st General Court

Bill Summary

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AI Summary

This bill authorizes and directs the Joint Committee on the Judiciary to conduct an investigation and study of specific current Senate documents numbered 821 through 2382, which are related to judicial issues. The purpose is to examine these documents and gain a better understanding of the various judicial matters they cover.

Sponsors (0)

No sponsors listed

Other Sponsors (1)

Joint Committee on the Judiciary (J)

Last Action

Discharged to the committee on Senate Rules (on 02/06/2020)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S2496

(179 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S2496
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S2496.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
S1000	Relative to the safety of courthouses and remote court proceedings	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S1001	Improving the quality of courthouse security	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S1002	Updating the Commonwealth's wiretap statutes	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S1003	Relative to level-three sex offender residency restrictions	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S1004	Establishing a special commission relative to the uniformity of sex offender residency restrictions in the Commonwealth	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S1005	Relative to health care proxies	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S1006	Relative to crimes against police officers	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S1007	Relative to vandalism and tagging	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S1008	Relative to juvenile offenders	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S1009	Relative to the protection of police officers	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S1010	Relative to visitation rights of grandparents	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S1011	Relative to setting proportionate penalties for the distribution of heroin, fentanyl, and carfentanil	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S1014	Relative to consensual adolescent sexual activity	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S1015	To expedite the transfer of cases to the permit session of land court	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S1016	Protecting bank employees and customers	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S1017	Relative to social networking impersonation or harassment	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S1018	Relative to safe driving and open containers	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S1019	To recover assets used in the commission of sexual offenses	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S1020	Relative to sexual deviants	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S1021	Providing for increased penalties for persons who commit crimes against the elderly	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S1022	Relative to habitual drunk drivers	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S1023	Promoting rental housing stability	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S1024	To streamline zoning appeals	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S1025	Relative to crimes relating to distribution of controlled substances causing death	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S1026	Relative to hate crimes	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S1027	Relative to protecting animals from cruelty	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S1028	Relative to treble damages	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S1029	Relative to wiretapping for drug trafficking offenses	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S1030	Modernizing the Massachusetts wiretap law	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S1032	Relative to the tracking of medical malpractice cases	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S1033	Relative to sexually violent predators	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S1034	Establishing a divorce task force	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S1035	Relative to involuntary holds for overdose treatment	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S1036	Prohibiting the obstruction of state highways	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S1038	Relative to the impersonation of a public safety officer	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S1039	Establishing the murder victim families assistance fund	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S1040	Relative to increased penalties for assault, assault and battery, stalking, and criminal harassment at youth sporting events	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S1871	Establishing a commission on electronic notarization	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S2227	Relative to child predators	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S2274	Relative to the well-being of new mothers and infants	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S2342	Requiring the inclusion of certain civil rights offense information in the statewide domestic violence record keeping system	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S2382	Relative to preventing suicide	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S821	To eliminate the public counsel fee	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S822	Relative to clarity and consistency for the Justice Reinvestment Oversight Board	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S826	To reduce mass incarceration	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S827	Relative to the enactment of the Uniform Collateral Consequences of Conviction	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S828	Relative to jury instruction in criminal proceedings	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S829	Eliminating mandatory minimum sentences related to drug offenses	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S830	Addressing racial disparity in jury selection	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S831	Ensuring an open files policy	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S833	Relative to the recording of custodial interrogations	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S836	To amend the foreclosure statute to require judicial foreclosure	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S837	Providing indemnity from prosecution for probation officers and court officers employed by the Trial Court	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S838	Strengthening the penalty for assault or assault and battery on emergency medical technician, ambulance operator, ambulance attendant or health care provider	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S839	Relative to the valuation of professional practices in divorce proceedings	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S841	To raise the cap for tort liability for charitable organizations	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S842	Relative to child custody	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S847	Related to indigency	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S848	Relative to determining the best interest of children in probate and family court	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S849	Relative to governmental and charitable tort liability	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S851	Relative to electronic signatures for electronic applications for criminal complaints	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S852	Relative to the punishment of organized retail crimes	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S853	Regarding district court jurisdiction of threats to use deadly weapons, explosives, chemical or biological agents, or other devices or substances capable of causing death, serious bodily injury or substantial property damage	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S854	Relative to obsolete court records	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S856	Relative to archaic laws	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S857	Repealing mandatory life without parole	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S858	Relative to preventing discrimination on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity by educational institutions	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S859	Relative to juveniles accused of sex offenses	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S860	Relative to obtaining relief from abuse and harassment	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S862	To modernize voter registration and jury pool lists	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S863	To prevent illegal trafficking and gun violence among youth in the Commonwealth	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S864	Modernizing post-eviction storage procedures	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S865	Relative to improving training for child advocates to recognize indicators of domestic violence	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S866	Relative to saving lives	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S867	Requiring property owners to bear the cost of relocation assistance	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S868	To require pre-foreclosure mediation and judicial oversight	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S870	Relative to protecting LGBTQ victims	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S871	Prohibiting the use of public funds to pay awards, fines or settlements in cases where public officials are found responsible or guilty of sexual harassment or assault	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S872	Making corrections to the adopted children's act	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S873	Relative to equitable divorce proceedings	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S874	Improving juror service responses	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S875	Improving juror service	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S876	To amend G.L. c. 221 § 27A: Obsolete or useless papers; disposition, destruction or storage	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S877	Making technical changes to the laws regulating a certain notarial act	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S878	Relating to costs of appeals by the Commonwealth	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S879	Relative to the elective share of surviving spouses	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S880	Relating to parental choice of terminology in certain domestic relations matters	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S881	Relative to the compensation of a guardian ad litem in a contempt action	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S882	Relative to safe and secure waiting areas	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S883	Relative to access to a decedent's electronic mail accounts	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S884	To clarify homestead estates	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S885	Relative to the preservation of certain appellate rights	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S887	Relative to the profits from crime	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S888	To establish an office of adult decisional support services	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S889	Relative to the use of administrative subpoenas to obtain telephone and internet records without judicial review	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S891	Relative to archaic crimes	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S892	To clarify the rights of joint owners of real property and abolish certain inconsistent or archaic rules	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S893	To provide landowners title protection	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S894	Improving the accuracy of eyewitness identification procedures	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S895	To require the reporting of satisfaction of judgments awarding money damages	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S896	Relative to the Massachusetts Uniform Trust Decanting Act	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S897	To eliminate mandatory minimum sentences related to drug offenses	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S900	Relative to expungement	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S901	To enhance investigations of sexual harassment and discrimination	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S903	To streamline housing production	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S904	Relative to protections for good samaritans	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S906	Relative to grandparents raising grandchildren	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S907	Relative to mandatory sentences for those committing an assault on a law enforcement officer	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S908	To protect the citizens of the Commonwealth from drunk drivers	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S909	Relative to leaving the scene of an accident	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S910	Relative to transparency in court proceedings	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S911	Relative to Trial Court data collection	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S912	Relative to providing a safe harbor for good samaritans	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S914	Protecting survivors of rape and their children	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S915	To restore enforcement of civil rights	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S916	Relative to housing court jurisdiction	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S917	Relative to voluntary civil commitment for alcohol and substance use treatment	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S918	Relative to civil commitment length of treatment for alcohol and substance use	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S919	Relative to a person’s failure to appear in court due to enrollment in rehabilitation or detoxification facility	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S920	Relative to the statute of limitations in civil child sexual abuse cases	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S921	Relative to school hazing	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S922	Relative to juvenile violence	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S924	Denying paternity rights to perpetrators of rape	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S925	Ensuring transparency in the recording of mortgage assignments	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S926	Relative to the mandated reporter law	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S927	Relative to restoration of rights	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S929	Concerning sexual harassment policies in the commonwealth	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S930	Relative to statutes of repose	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S932	Strengthening identity theft laws	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S933	Relative to dangerousness hearings	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S934	Relative to direct food donations	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S935	Reforming alimony in the Commonwealth	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S936	Relative to the privacy of a decedent’s electronic communication	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S938	Relative to guilty but with a mental illness	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S940	To reduce recidivism among emerging adults	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S941	Relative to improving access to emergency treatment plans	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S943	Relative to justices of the peace	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S944	Relative to advertising by a Justice of the Peace	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S945	Relative to the expansion of the Good Samaritan law	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S947	Relative to dog training areas in the Commonwealth	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S948	Relative to revising certain laws that unconstitutionally proscribe private consensual conduct between adults	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S949	Establishing a commission to study judicial accountability in the Commonwealth	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S950	Lifting the billable hours cap for bar advocates	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S951	Establishing the right of disposition	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S953	Enhancing data transparency within the prosecutorial system	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S954	Further regulating name changes of registered sex offenders	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S955	Enhancing justice for families harmed by lead	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S957	Relative to compensation for victims of wrongful conviction	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S958	Relative to the wrongful death or injury of animal companions	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S959	Relative to examinations for applicants to the trial court	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S961	Authorizing electronic signatures on search warrant applications	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S964	Establishing a foreclosure review division	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S965	Incentivizing the use of public transportation by jurors	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S966	Clarifying municipal authority regarding cash sureties and foreclosures	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S967	Relative to prejudgment interest rates	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S968	To protect the privacy of 911 callers	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S969	Relative to visitation and family court matters in domestic violence cases	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S970	To enhance state anti-trust powers and enforcement	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S971	Resolve for a commission to review, replace, and eliminate the Grand Jury System	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S972	Providing for the improvement of required standards of Clerk Magistrates	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S973	Providing for the development of a Graduate Judicial Training School	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S974	Reforming the judicial system	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S975	Providing protection from child enticement	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S976	Reducing tobacco sales to minors	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S977	Relative to the protection of vulnerable adults from sexual assault committed by mandated reporters, persons in a position of trust and providers of transportation	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S979	Relative to judicial discretion for probation	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S980	Amending the statute of limitations regarding criminal prosecutions for the crimes of sexual assault and rape of a child	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S981	Relative to historic homes	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S986	Relative to public charity executive and board of directors compensation	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S987	Extending the statute of limitations for certain actions involving international human rights abuses	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S988	Protecting survivors of domestic abuse	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S990	Relative to improving enforcement for tethering violations	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S991	To provide a DNA exception for statute of limitations on sex offenses	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S992	To strengthen laws combatting human trafficking and protecting survivors of modern-day slavery	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S993	To enhance the lives of survivors of human trafficking	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S994	To update the definition of leaving the scene of an accident aka Katie Brienzo's Law	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S996	Removing the charitable immunity cap	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S997	Updating hunter harassment laws	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces
S998	Authorizing electronic signatures on search warrant applications	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Replaces

Bill

Bill Name

Last Action

Type

S1000

Relative to the safety of courthouses and remote court proceedings