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H1728 • 2025

An Act relative to penalties for crimes against seniors

An Act relative to penalties for crimes against seniors

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Sponsor
Carlos González
Last action
2026-03-26
Official status
Accompanied a study order, see H5281 (under House Rule 27)
Effective date
Not listed

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An Act relative to penalties for crimes against seniors

An Act relative to penalties for crimes against seniors By Representative González of Springfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to penalties for crimes against seniors By Representative González of Springfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 1728) of Carlos González relative to penalties for crimes against seniors.
  • The Judiciary.

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  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-26 House

    Accompanied a study order, see H5281 (under House Rule 27)

  2. 2025-11-26 Joint

    Hearing rescheduled to 11/25/2025 from 10:00 AM-05:00 PM in A-2 and Virtual Hearing updated to New End Time

  3. 2025-11-25 Joint

    Hearing rescheduled to 11/25/2025 from 10:00 AM-04:00 PM in A-2 and Virtual Hearing updated to New End Time

  4. 2025-11-14 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 11/25/2025 from 10:00 AM-05:00 PM in A-2

  5. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on The Judiciary

  6. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

  7. House

    Reported by committee to Clerk’s Office for processing, will accompany a study order

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to penalties for crimes against seniors
By Representative González of Springfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1728) of Carlos González relative to penalties for crimes against seniors. The Judiciary.

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Bill H.1728

Section 13K of chapter 265 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following subsection:-

(g) Whenever any person has been convicted of subsections (a½) to (e), inclusive, when the victim of such crime is an elder or a person residing in senior housing, the person convicted shall register annually for 5 consecutive years with the office of probation, which shall maintain a central registry of all such persons. The registration shall include (i) the offender’s home address and any secondary addresses; (ii) the offender’s work address; (iii) the offender’s age, sex, race, height, weight, eye and hair color; (iv) a photograph of the offender; and (v) whether the offender is in compliance with the registration requirement of this subsection. Whoever fails to register as required by this subsection shall be punished by imprisonment in the house of correction for not more than 2½ years, or by a fine of not more than $5,000, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

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