Hate Crimes Task Force Legislative Subcommittee Meeting

Friday, May 16, 2025
10 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Contact

Executive Office of Public Safety and Security

Address

1 Ashburton Place, Suite 2133, Boston, MA 02108

Overview

The Hate Crimes Task Force Legislative Subcommittee will meet on May 16, 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

Meeting ID: 259 728 311 384 6 

Passcode: ko94um75

Dial in by phone +1 857-327-9245,,224759471# 

Phone conference ID: 224 759 471#

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

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