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MA H1609

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/27/2025

Primary Sponsor

Tackey Chan

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Origin

House of Representatives

194th General Court

AI Summary

  • Requires registered sex offenders to report all electronic aliases, addresses, and domains, including email addresses, website registrations, messaging and chat service usernames, and personally owned websites

  • Adds electronic identity information to the data that must be included in sex offender registry records and shared with law enforcement agencies

  • Requires offenders to notify authorities of any changes to or additions of electronic aliases, addresses, or domains

  • Establishes penalties for failure to report changes in electronic identity information, treating it the same as failure to report a change of physical address

  • Allows searches of the sex offender registry by electronic alias, address, or domain in addition to searches by name

Legislative Description

Regulating sex offender registration in the 21st century

Last Action

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

10/20/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary2/27/2025

Full Bill Text

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