MA H1683

Bill

Relative to fetal homicide

Introduced
03/29/2021

In Committee
03/29/2021

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2022

Introduced Session

192nd General Court

Bill Summary

Relative to providing for the crime of fetal homicide. The Judiciary.

AI Summary

This bill creates the crime of "fetal homicide" in Massachusetts, making it a separate offense to engage in conduct that violates any provision of law and results in the death of or bodily injury to a "child in utero," which is defined as a member of the human species at any stage of development carried in the womb. The punishment for this offense would generally be the same as the punishment for the underlying conduct had the injury or death occurred to the mother. However, the bill specifies that the offense does not require proof that the person knew the victim was pregnant or intended to harm the unborn child, and it excludes the prosecution of any person for conduct related to a lawful abortion, medical treatment of the pregnant woman or her unborn child, or the woman herself with respect to her unborn child.

Committee Categories

Justice

Sponsors (5)

Brad Jones (R)*, Paul Frost (R), Susan Gifford (R), Hannah Kane (R), Matt Muratore (R),

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see H4844 (on 06/09/2022)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H1683

(10 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H1683
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H1683.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1619	Amending the victim of violent crime compensation law	Accompanied a study order, see H4844	Similar To
H2797	Relative to employees of the Commonwealth who are required to respond to crime scenes	No further action taken	Similar To
H4844	Study Order	Discharged to the committee on House Rules	Replaced by
S1110	Updating the Commonwealth's wiretap statutes	Accompanied a study order, see S2665	Similar To
S1815	To reinvest justice and opportunity in communities affected by incarceration	Accompanied a study order, see S2816	Similar To
S1871	To ensure timely restitution payments to victims of crime	Accompanied a study order, see S2743	Similar To
S2453	Relative to the addition of sex as a protected class category for hate crime prosecutions	Accompanied a study order, see S2665	Similar To
S917	Relative to jury instruction in criminal proceedings	Accompanied a study order, see S2665	Similar To
S958	To protect the privacy of crime victims	Accompanied a study order, see S2665	Similar To
S962	Improving the accuracy of eyewitness identification procedures	Accompanied a study order, see S2665	Similar To

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MA H1683

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