By Ms. Coakley-Rivera of Springfield, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1351) of Cheryl A. Coakley-Rivera that persons convicted of the crime of rape be required to submit to testing for acquired immune deficiency syndrome.  The Judiciary.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PETITION OF:

Cheryl A. Coakley-Rivera

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In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.

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An Act relative to criminal proceedings.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

SECTION 1.  Chapter 265 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2000 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after section 24C the following section:— Section 24D. Whoever is convicted of the crime of rape under section 22, 22A, 23, 24 or 24B, inclusive, of chapter two hundred and sixty-five, must submit to an AIDS test, the results of which will be made known to the victim or victims of said crime as soon as possible after said testing.