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MA H1731
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/27/2025
Primary Sponsor
Kenneth Gordon
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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
Accompanied a study order, see H5281 (under House Rule 27)
3/26/2026
Committee Referrals
Judiciary2/27/2025
Full Bill Text
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