Bill > H3139

This bill proposes to amend a Massachusetts law concerning the penalties for providing false information to law enforcement officers. Specifically, it aims to expand the scope of the existing law, which currently addresses individuals who knowingly give a false name, social security number, or address *after* an arrest. The proposed changes would make it a crime for someone to refuse to provide their name and address, or to provide a false name, social security number, or address, not just after an arrest, but also when they are stopped or detained by a police officer for any violation of a general law, statute, civil infraction, ordinance, by-law, rule, or regulation, and this violation may lead to an arrest.