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Public Meeting Notice  Hate Crimes Task Force Legislative Subcommittee Meeting

Monday, April 28, 2025
10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Posted: April 23, 2025 8:45 a.m.
This meeting is open to the public.
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Contact

Executive Office of Public Safety and Security

Address

1 Ashburton Place, Suite 2133, Boston, MA 02108
Directions 

Phone

Main Call Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, Main at (617) 727-7775
TTY Call Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, TTY at (617) 727-6618

Online

Email Executive Office of Public Safety and Security at eopsinfo@state.ma.us

Fax

(617) 727-4764

Overview

The Hate Crimes Task Force Legislative Subcommittee will meet on April 28, 2025 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. via Microsoft Teams.

If any member of the public wishing to attend this meeting seeks special accommodations in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, please contact Anjeza Xhemollari at anjeza.xhemollari@mass.gov.

Meeting information

Microsoft Teams:  Join the meeting now 

Meeting ID: 266 705 493 486 

Passcode: RB2gQ6MJ 

Dial in by phone:  +1 857-327-9245,,338722426# 

Phone conference ID: 338 722 426#  

Agenda

  1. Call to Order
  2. Welcome 
  3. Review and Approval of Draft Meeting Minutes from April 14, 2025 
  4. Discussion and Presentation of the Hate Crime Legislative Bills 
  5. H. 1608 - An Act relative to restraining orders as they pertain to hate crimes 
  6. H. 1995 - An Act regularizing sentencing for hate crimes 
  7. S. 1262 - An Act relative to hate crimes 
  8. H. 1820 - An Act providing increased protections from harassment and discrimination on the basis of height 
  9. H. 2207 / S. 1388 - An Act building resilience and increasing access to mental health services 
  10. H. 1920 /S. 1126 - An Act relative to combating hate in the Commonwealth 
  11. H. 1675 - An Act to advance hate-crime protections for victims who are targeted due to their gender  
  12. H. 1589 /S. 1056 - An Act to amend the definition of hate crime 
  13. H. 2617 /H. 2596 – An Act further defining a hate crime
  14. S. 1246 - An Act to add sex and gender as protected classes for crime prosecutions 
  15. Next Steps 
  16. Open Session for Topics not Reasonably Anticipated within 48 Hours of the Meeting 
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Contact

Address

1 Ashburton Place, Suite 2133, Boston, MA 02108
Directions 

Phone

Main Call Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, Main at (617) 727-7775
TTY Call Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, TTY at (617) 727-6618

Online

Email Executive Office of Public Safety and Security at eopsinfo@state.ma.us

Fax

(617) 727-4764

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