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Bill H.3636 187th (2011 - 2012)

An Act protecting children

By Mr. Linsky of Natick, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of David Paul Linsky and others for legislation to establish a penalty for parents, legal guardians or caretakers failing to report the death of a minor child. The Judiciary.

Sponsors:	David Paul Linsky
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SECTION 1. Chapter 269 of the General Laws be amended by adding the following new section:

Section 20: Whoever, being the parent, legal guardian, or caretaker of a minor child, and who has knowledge of the death of said minor child, and who fails to notify law enforcement or emergency medical personnel of the death of said minor child, within twenty-four hours of death, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than five years or by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars and imprisonment in jail or a house of correction for not more than two and one half years.

Actions for Bill H.3636
Date	Branch	Action
7/18/2011	House	Referred to the committee on House Rules, reported, referred to the committee on Joint Rules, reported, rules suspended and referred to the committee on the Judiciary
7/27/2011	Senate	Senate concurred
9/29/2011	Joint	Hearing scheduled for 10/05/2011 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1
4/11/2012	House	Reporting date extended to Friday, April 27, 2012
4/12/2012	Senate	Senate concurred
5/30/2012	House	Rules suspended
5/30/2012	House	Reporting date extended to Friday, June 8, 2012
6/6/2012	Senate	Senate concurred
6/28/2012	House	Rules suspended
6/28/2012	House	Reporting date extended to Tuesday, July 31, 2012
7/19/2012	Senate	Senate concurred
7/31/2012	House	Accompanied a study order, see H4364

Petitioners: David P. Linsky, Michael O. Moore, Carolyn C. Dykema, Paul McMurtry, Brian M. Ashe, James J. Dwyer, Michael D. Brady, Martha M. Walz, William M. Straus, Karen E. Spilka, Patricia A. Haddad, Benjamin Swan, Ryan C. Fattman, Kevin J. Kuros, Linda Campbell, John W. Scibak, Richard T. Moore, Todd M. Smola, Daniel B. Winslow, Geraldine M. Creedon, Christine E. Canavan, Stephen Kulik, Lori A. Ehrlich, Kevin Aguiar, Byron Rushing, Angelo J. Puppolo, Steven L. Levy, Alice H. Peisch, Timothy R. Madden, William C. Galvin, Theodore C. Speliotis, John P. Fresolo, Donald F. Humason, Anne M. Gobi, Harriett L. Stanley, John D. Keenan, Angelo L. D'Emilia, John V. Fernandes, Peter V. Kocot, Denise Andrews, Marc T. Lombardo, Walter F. Timilty, Sheila C. Harrington, Colleen M. Garry, Eileen M. Donoghue, Denise Provost, Marc R. Pacheco, Steven S. Howitt, Susan W. Gifford, Paul Adams, Thomas P. Conroy, Ann-Margaret Ferrante, Stephen L. DiNatale, William N. Brownsberger, Thomas J. Calter, John F. Keenan, James E. Timilty, Katherine M. Clark, David B. Sullivan

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Bill H.3636 187th (2011 - 2012)

An Act protecting children

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