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H1846 • 2025

An Act bringing the crime of leaving the scene of personal injury causing death within the jurisdiction of the district court

An Act bringing the crime of leaving the scene of personal injury causing death within the jurisdiction of the district court

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

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act bringing the crime of leaving the scene of personal injury causing death within the jurisdiction of the district court

An Act bringing the crime of leaving the scene of personal injury causing death within the jurisdiction of the district court By Representative Lipper-Garabedian of Melrose, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act bringing the crime of leaving the scene of personal injury causing death within the jurisdiction of the district court By Representative Lipper-Garabedian of Melrose, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 1846) of Kate Lipper-Garabedian and Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan for legislation to bring the crime of leaving the scene of personal injury causing death within the jurisdiction of the district court.
  • The Judiciary.

Limits and Unknowns

  • 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. 2025-11-04 Joint

    Hearing rescheduled to 11/04/2025 from 01:00 PM-02:30 PM in A-1 and Virtual Hearing updated to New End Time

  3. 2025-11-04 Joint

    Hearing rescheduled to 11/04/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1 and Virtual Hearing updated to New End Time

  4. 2025-10-29 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 11/04/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1

  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 bringing the crime of leaving the scene of personal injury causing death within the jurisdiction of the district court
By Representative Lipper-Garabedian of Melrose, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1846) of Kate Lipper-Garabedian and Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan for legislation to bring the crime of leaving the scene of personal injury causing death within the jurisdiction of the district court. The Judiciary.

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.1846

Section 26 of chapter 218 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 official edition, is hereby amended by inserting, after the words “subparagraph (1) of paragraph (a) of subdivision (1) of section twenty-four,” in lines 11-12, the following words:- subparagraph (2) of paragraph (a½) of subdivision (2) of section twenty-four,

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