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MA H1600
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/27/2025
Primary Sponsor
Daniel Cahill
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AI Summary
- Creates new crime of criminal harassment against a sports official for willfully and maliciously threatening serious bodily injury during a sporting event in a way that causes reasonable fear for personal safety
- First offense punishable by up to 2.5 years in a house of correction, a fine up to $1,000, or both
- Second or subsequent offenses punishable by 5 to 10 years in state prison
- Defines "sports official" as referees, umpires, line judges, scorers, timers, and similar roles (paid or volunteer) who are registered with or members of officiating organizations
- Covers interscholastic, intramural, community-organized, nonprofit-sponsored, and semiprofessional athletic events at all educational levels
Legislative Description
Relative to criminal harassment against a sports official
Last Action
Hearing scheduled for 05/06/2025 from 01:00 PM-04:00 PM in A-2
10/20/2025
Committee Referrals
Judiciary2/27/2025
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