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MA H5154
Bill
Status
2/26/2026
Primary Sponsor
Joint Committee on the Judiciary
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AI Summary
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Adds Margaret Jones, Alice Lake, Elizabeth Kendall, Anne Hibbens, and Goody Glover to the list of individuals officially exonerated for witchcraft accusations in colonial Massachusetts
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Removes the limitation to the year 1692, expanding exonerations to cover witchcraft accusations from the broader colonial period
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Formally recognizes that Hugh Parsons, Eunice Cole, and Elizabeth Morse were indicted, tried, and found guilty of witchcraft and adds them to the exoneration list
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Acknowledges others who were accused, arrested, imprisoned, or tried for witchcraft but not found guilty
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Amends Chapter 145 of the resolves of 1957, which was previously amended in 2022 to exonerate Elizabeth Johnson, Jr.
Legislative Description
Exonerating certain individuals accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts
Last Action
Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
2/26/2026