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H1845 • 2025

An Act relative to GPS tampering

An Act relative to GPS tampering

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Sponsor
David Paul Linsky
Last action
2025-12-31
Official status
Accompanied a new draft, see H4860
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act relative to GPS tampering

An Act relative to GPS tampering By Representative Linsky of Natick, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to GPS tampering By Representative Linsky of Natick, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 1845) of David Paul Linsky, Kristin E.
  • Kassner and Carmine Lawrence Gentile relative to GPS tampering.
  • The Judiciary.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-12-31 House

    Accompanied a new draft, see H4860

  2. 2025-09-16 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 09/23/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2

  3. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on The Judiciary

  4. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to GPS tampering
By Representative Linsky of Natick, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1845) of David Paul Linsky, Kristin E. Kassner and Carmine Lawrence Gentile relative to GPS tampering. The Judiciary.

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.1845

SECTION 1. Chapter 268 of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following new section:

Section 41. Whoever, having been ordered to wear a GPS tracking device by a court of the Commonwealth or by another Court of competent jurisdiction, as part of a condition of probation or as a condition of pre-trial release, and who intentionally damages, removes, modifies or deactivates said GPS tracking device, or who attempts to damage, remove, modify or deactivate said GPS tracking device, shall be punished by imprisonment by no more than five years or incarceration in the House of Correction by not more than two-and-one half years.

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