MA S900

Bill

MA S900

Relative to historic homes

Introduced
01/23/2017

In Committee
01/23/2017

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2018

Introduced Session

190th General Court

Bill Summary

For legislation to impose a penalty for the damaging of historic homes. The Judiciary.

AI Summary

This bill aims to impose a penalty for the damaging of historic homes in Massachusetts. It defines a "historic home" as any dwelling house listed in the State Register of Historic Places or identified by a plaque as an historic homestead. The bill makes it a punishable offense to willfully, intentionally, and without right remove items from, displace, destroy, deface, or injure a historic home or its appurtenances, with a fine of no less than $100 and no more than $1,000 or imprisonment for up to 2 years. Additionally, anyone convicted under this section would be required to reimburse the historic home owner for the total amount of damage incurred.

Committee Categories

Justice

Sponsors (6)

Robert Koczera (D), Joan Lovely (D), Richard Ross (R), Bruce Tarr (R), Paul Tucker (D), Chris Walsh (D),

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see S2313 (on 03/01/2018)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/S900

(9 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/S900
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/S900.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H2255	Permitting persons to bring car damage arising from a pothole against the public entity into small claims court	Accompanied a study order, see H4874	Similar To
H2759	Relative to personal injuries or property damage from defective public ways	Accompanied a study order, see H4596	Similar To
H2921	Creating a special commission to study the equity of chapter 21J and 21O	No further action taken	Similar To
H2964	Providing for temporary emergency licensing of appraisers of motor vehicle damage covered by auto insurance policies	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Similar To
H477	Reforming the process of appraising motor vehicle damage covered by auto insurance policies	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Similar To
H479	Relative to arbitration for automobile insurance property damage	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Similar To
H730	Relative to malicious damage to a motor vehicle	Accompanied a new draft, see S2170	Similar To
S1157	Relative to the expenditure of certain municipal and district monies	Bill reported favorably by committee as changed and referred to the committee on Senate Rules	Similar To
S2313	Order relative to authorizing the joint committee on the Judiciary to make an investigation and study of certain current Senate documents relative to issues before the joint committee on the Judiciary	Discharged to the committee on Senate Rules	Replaced by

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