H1600 • 2025

An Act relative to criminal harassment against a sports official

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Sponsor: Daniel Cahill
Last action: 2025-10-20
Official status: Referred to Joint Committee on the Judiciary
Effective date: Not listed

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An Act relative to criminal harassment against a sports official

An Act relative to criminal harassment against a sports official By Representative Cahill of Lynn, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

An Act relative to criminal harassment against a sports official By Representative Cahill of Lynn, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
1600) of Daniel Cahill and David F.
DeCoste relative to criminal harassment against sports officials.
The Judiciary.

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Bill History

2025-10-20 Joint
Hearing scheduled for 05/06/2025 from 01:00 PM-04:00 PM in A-2
2025-08-07 House
Reporting date extended to Wednesday, December 3, 2025
2025-04-29 Joint
Hearing scheduled for 05/06/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2
2025-02-27 House
Referred to the committee on The Judiciary
2025-02-27 Senate
Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to criminal harassment against a sports official
By Representative Cahill of Lynn, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1600) of Daniel Cahill and David F. DeCoste relative to criminal harassment against sports officials. The Judiciary.
Status:
Referred to Joint Committee on the Judiciary

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Bill H.1600

Section 43B. Whoever willfully and maliciously engages in an act or series of acts during the course of a sporting event directed at a sports official, who is acting in their official capacity, which threatens serious bodily injury to a sports official that would cause a reasonable person to fear for their personal safety, shall be guilty of the crime of criminal harassment against a sports official and shall be punished by imprisonment in a house of correction for not more than 2 1/2 years or by a fine of not more than $1,000, or by both such fine and imprisonment. ; and for a second or subsequent offense, by imprisonment in the state prison for not less than five nor more than ten years.

As used in this section, the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:-

“Sports official”, any person who serves as a referee, umpire, line judge, scorer, timer, or who acts in any similar capacity, whether paid or volunteer, during a sporting event and is registered by, or a member of, a local, state, regional or national organization engaged in providing education and training to sports officials.

“Sporting event”, any interscholastic or intramural athletic activity in a primary, middle, junior high, or high school, college, or university, any organized athletic activity sponsored by a community, business, or nonprofit organization, or any semiprofessional athletic activity that is officiated by a sports official.

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