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MA S1629
Bill
AI Summary
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Prohibits possessing, selling, offering for sale, transferring, or disposing of monuments, gravestones, markers, or memorial structures taken from cemeteries or burial grounds
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Covers any portion or fragment of memorial items, not just whole pieces
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Extends prohibition to cemetery infrastructure including fences, railings, gates, plot delineators, and curbs
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Applies when a person knows or has reasonable cause to know the items were unlawfully removed
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Filed January 17, 2025 by Senator Bruce E. Tarr (First Essex and Middlesex) with co-petitioner Jacob R. Oliveira; referred to Public Health Committee
Legislative Description
Relative to the theft of graves
Last Action
Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
1/8/2026
Committee Referrals
Ways and Means1/8/2026
Public Health2/27/2025
Full Bill Text
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