Bill > H1762

This bill aims to increase transparency and reporting requirements for civil asset forfeiture in Massachusetts. It requires the Attorney General, each District Attorney, and each police department to annually report to the Executive Office for Administration and Finance, the Senate and House Committees on Ways and Means, and the Joint Committee on the Judiciary, providing an itemized accounting of all assets, money, and proceeds from the sale of assets seized under the state's civil asset forfeiture laws. The report must be filed by January 31 for the preceding calendar year and be made available to the public as a public record.