H1786 • 2025

An Act prohibiting level 3 sex offenders from residing together

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Sponsor: Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
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 prohibiting level 3 sex offenders from residing together

An Act prohibiting level 3 sex offenders from residing together By Representative Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

An Act prohibiting level 3 sex offenders from residing together By Representative Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
1786) of Bradley H.
Jones, Jr., and others relative to prohibiting level 3 sex offenders from residing together.
The Judiciary.

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Bill History

2026-03-26 House
Accompanied a study order, see H5281 (under House Rule 27)
2025-10-20 Joint
Hearing scheduled for 06/17/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2
2025-06-11 Joint
Hearing scheduled for 06/17/2025 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
House
Reported by committee to Clerk’s Office for processing, will accompany a study order

Official Summary Text

An Act prohibiting level 3 sex offenders from residing together
By Representative Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1786) of Bradley H. Jones, Jr., and others relative to prohibiting level 3 sex offenders from residing together. The Judiciary.

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Bill H.1786

Chapter 265 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after section 48 the following new section:

Section 48A. A sex offender who has been finally classified as a level 3 sex offender shall be prohibited from renting, residing, or otherwise occupying a single-family dwelling or a unit in a multi-family dwelling with another finally classified level 3 sex offender, regardless of the permanent or temporary residential status of either sex offender, unless those persons are legally related by consanguinity, affinity or adoption.

A sex offender who violates this section shall be punished by a fine of $1,000 or imprisonment in a house of correction for not more than 2 ½ years, or both such fine and imprisonment. Written notification shall be made to the sex offender registry board of such violation.

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