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Agenda for Hate Crimes Task Force Legislative Subcommittee Meeting

Monday, April 28, 2025
10 a.m. - 12 p.m.

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
  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 

Additional Resources

Open PDF file, 92.89 KB,  Hate Crimes Task Force Legislative Subcommittee Meeting Agenda (4/28/25) (English, PDF 92.89 KB)

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