Hearings scheduled for Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Committee on The Judiciary

Public Hearing to be held in Room A-1 at 1:00 P.M.

Senate, No. 243: Petition of Steven A. Tolman for legislation relative to identity theft jurisdiction.
Senate, No. 791: Petition of Steven A. Baddour for legislation to require the inclusion of certain civil rights offense information in the statewide domestic violence record keeping system.
Senate, No. 794: Petition of Steven A. Baddour for legislation to require photographs on protective orders.
Senate, No. 800: Petition of Jarrett T. Barrios, Jay R. Kaufman, Denis E. Guyer, David P. Linsky and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to marriage laws.
Senate, No. 819: Petition of Scott P. Brown, Richard R. Tisei, Bruce E. Tarr, Michael R. Knapik and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to employee records.
Senate, No. 826: Petition of Gale D. Candaras for legislation relative to spousal claims for tortious conduct.
Senate, No. 831: Petition of Harriette L. Chandler, Joan M. Menard, Ruth B. Balser, Pamela P. Resor and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to public health.
Senate, No. 832: Petition of Robert S. Creedon, Jr. for legislation relative to attorney client privilege and attorney work product materials.
Senate, No. 838: Petition of Robert S. Creedon, Jr. for legislation relative to loan forgiveness.
Senate, No. 848: Petition of Robert S. Creedon, Jr. for legislation to establish a parent child testimonial privilege.
Senate, No. 861: Petition of Robert S. Creedon, Jr. for legislation to further the interest of children in need of services.
Senate, No. 865: Petition of Robert S. Creedon, Jr. for legislation relative to further the interest of children in needof services.
Senate, No. 866: Petition of Robert S. Creedon, Jr. for legislation relative to the commisssion on judicial conduct.
Senate, No. 876: Petition of Robert S. Creedon, Jr. for legislation to establish a parent child testimonial privilege.
Senate, No. 887: Petition of Cynthia S. Creem and John W. Scibak for legislation to prohibit the release of a minor's personal information by the media.
Senate, No. 899: Petition of Cynthia S. Creem, David P. Linsky, James E. Timilty and Bruce E. Tarr for legislation to establish the crime of money laundering.
Senate, No. 902: Petition of Cynthia S. Creem, Jonathan W. Blodgett, president, Massachusetts District Attorney Association, James E. Timilty, Edward M. Augustus, Jr. andother members of the General Court for legislation relative to punishment for the crime of domestic violence.
Senate, No. 912: Petition of Susan C. Fargo, Charles A. Murphy, Douglas W. Petersen and Patricia D. Jehlan for legislation relative to the annual reports of public charities.
Senate, No. 918: Petition of Robert A. Havern, Susan C. Fargo, Richard R. Tisei, Karen E. Spilka and other members of the General Court for legislation to protect Massachusett families through equal access to civil marriage.
Senate, No. 919: Petition of Robert L. Hedlund, Scott P. Brown, Frank M. Hynes, Michael R. Knapik and other members of the General Court for legislation to establish the crime of peeping or peering into dwelling houses.
Senate, No. 934: Petition of Michael R. Knapik, Donald F. Humason, Jr., Richard R. Tisei, Bruce E. Tarr and other members of the general court for legislation relative to eliminating presumed personal recognizance for certain defendants.
Senate, No. 935: Petition of Michael R. Knapik and Donald F. Humason, Jr. for legislation relative to failing to appear in court after releaseon bail.
Senate, No. 937: Petition of Michael R. Knapik, James E. Timilty, Bruce E. Tarr, Stephen M. Brewer and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to reporting child pornography.
Senate, No. 938: Petition of Michael R. Knapik, Bruce E. Tarr and Donald F. Humason, Jr. for legislation relative to teen violence.
Senate, No. 950: Petition of Mark C. Montigny for legislation relating to crimes against elders and people with disabilities.
Senate, No. 951: Petition of Mark C. Montigny for a resolve establishing a special commission to study witness participation and protection in the criminal justice system.
Senate, No. 958: Petition of Richard T. Moore and Joan M. Menard for legislation relative to timely notice to the borm of the arraignment of physicians.
Senate, No. 963: Petition of Keyoto Goya for legislation to prohibit the abuse of patients in health care facilities.
Senate, No. 976: Petition of Michael W. Morrissey for legislation permitting judges to require probationers to pay theout-of-pocket costs of their probation..
Senate, No. 978: Petition of Michael W. Morrissey, John Boyle for legislation to further regulate the admission of evidence of medical and hospital service reports and records.
Senate, No. 981: Petition of Michael Hyde for legislation relative to wire-tapping in the Commonwealth..
Senate, No. 999: Petition of Steven C. Panagiotakos, Marc R. Pacheco, Thomas A. Golden, Jr.,Kevin J. Murphy and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to the rate of compensation of private counsel.
Senate, No. 1005: Petition of William A. Norris for legislation relative to conditions of release for persons admitted to bail.
Senate, No. 1019: Petition of Richard R. Tisei, Bradley H. Jones, Jr., Bruce E. Tarr, Paul J.Loscocco and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to the expansion of the state DNA database.
Senate, No. 1020: Petition of Richard R. Tisei for legislation relative to abuse prevention.
Senate, No. 1026: Petition of Steven A. Tolman for legislation relative to the commission of a crime while in posession of a police scanner.
Senate, No. 1027: Petition of Steven A. Tolman for legislation relative to reducing sporting event related violence.
Senate, No. 2196: Petition of Dianne Wilkerson for legislation to provide proceeds of drug case confiscations to drug treatment.
Senate, No. 2380: Petition of Mark C. Montigny, C. Samuel Sutter, Robert M. Koczera, James E.Timilty and other members of the General Court for legislation to amend the dangerousness statute.
House, No. 1298: Petition of Cory Atkins and others relative to gender neutral language in the Massachusetts General Laws.
House, No. 1326: Petition of Garrett J. Bradley relative to the issuance of certain retraining orders.
House, No. 1394: Petition of James H. Fagan for legislation to regulate protective orders in certain court proceedings.
House, No. 1396: Petition of James H. Fagan relative to the extension of certain restraining orders without notice to defendants.
House, No. 1419: Joint petition of Barry R. Finegold and others relative to prohibiting discrimination in the rental, lease or sale of housing or housing units in the Commonwealth.
House, No. 1432: Petition of John P. Fresolo and David Holway for legislation to regulate the collection of data by police officers issuing citations for violations by operators of motor vehicles.
House, No. 1439: Petition of Paul K. Frost for legislation to permit breast-feeding of children in public.
House, No. 1450: Petition of Colleen M. Garry relative to protective orders.
House, No. 1476: Petition of William G. Greene, Jr. for legislation to prohibit the unauthorized disclosure and use of Social Security numbers.
House, No. 1543: Petition of Kay Khan and others for legislation to provide certain information for victims of domestic violence.
House, No. 1546: Petition of Peter J. Koutoujian and others for legislation to include pets in abuse prevention orders.
House, No. 1568: Petition of David Paul Linsky and others for legislation to permit breast-feeding of children in public.
House, No. 1658: Petition of Eugene L. O'Flaherty and James B. Eldridge for legislation to establish a program to provide assistance with the repayment of educational loans for law school graduates.
House, No. 1673: Petition of Alice Hanlon Peisch and others relative to ensuring confidentiality for victims of rape and domestic violence.
House, No. 1677: Petition of Jeffrey Davis Perry and others relative to biological evidence required for adoption.
House, No. 1687: Petition of Elizabeth A. Poirier and others relative to information provided to women seeking abortions.
House, No. 1709: Petition of Byron Rushing and others relative to the repeal or reform of certain archaic laws.
House, No. 1710: Joint petition of Byron Rushing and others relative to equal access to civil marriage.
House, No. 1712: Petition of Byron Rushing and others for legislation to include the providing of spiritual treatment through prayer in lieu of medical treatment as a defense in certain assault and battery upon a child actions.
House, No. 1713: Petition of Rachel Kaprielian and Jeffrey Sánchez relative to the use of live fetuses in the conducting of biomedical research.
House, No. 1722: Petition of Carl M. Sciortino, Jr., and others relative to gender based discrimination and hate crimes.
House, No. 1728: Petition of Robert P. Spellane and others for legislation to repeal the prohibition of certain non-residents to marry in the Commonwealth.
House, No. 1734: Joint petition of Ellen Story and others relative to public health.
House, No. 1735: Petition of Ellen Story relative to consent and counseling for certain pregnant minors.
House, No. 1740: Petition of Benjamin Swan and others for legislation to provide additional assistance to victims of domestic abuse.
House, No. 1741: Petition of Walter F. Timilty and Thomas M. Stanley relative to the powers and duties of health care proxies.
House, No. 2235: Petition of Byron Rushing and others that public offices be prohibited from denying benefits on the grounds of race, color or national origin.
House, No. 3601: Petition of Karyn E. Polito and others for legislation to require valid photographic identification issued by the Registry of Motor Vehicles as proof of identification for marriage.
House, No. 3792: Petition of David M. Nangle and Kevin J. Murphy relative to the prevention of domestic abuse.

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