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MA H1731

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

2/27/2025

Primary Sponsor

Kenneth Gordon

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Origin

House of Representatives

194th General Court

AI Summary

  • Amends Chapter 258C (victim compensation law) to expand filing deadline exceptions for childhood sexual abuse survivors
  • Allows a licensed mental health professional's report to establish "good cause" for late filing when the claimant did not initially connect the abuse to their harm
  • Changes the 3-year filing deadline for childhood sexual abuse victims to begin when the claimant first makes the connection between the abuse and resulting harm, rather than when the abuse occurred
  • Mental health professional reports stating when the claimant first made the abuse-harm connection shall serve as prima facie evidence in compensation proceedings
  • Sponsored by Representative Kenneth I. Gordon (21st Middlesex), filed January 10, 2025

Legislative Description

Amending the victim of violent crime compensation law

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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