Posted:
June 11, 2025 8:45 a.m.
This meeting is open to the public.
- This page, Hate Crimes Task Force Meeting, is offered by
- Executive Office of Public Safety and Security
Public Meeting Notice
Public Meeting Notice Hate Crimes Task Force Meeting
Contact
Executive Office of Public Safety and Security
Address
1 Ashburton Place, Suite 2133, Boston, MA 02108
Phone
Fax
(617) 727-4764
Overview
The Hate Crimes Task Force will meet virtually on June 16, 2025 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 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: 272 280 252 765
Passcode: Lbpwfa
Dial in by phone: +1 857-327-9245,,813708751#
Phone conference ID: 813 708 751#
Agenda
- Call to Order
- Welcome
- Review and Approval of Draft Meeting Minutes from February 3, 2025
- Discussion and Vote on Hate Crime Legislative Bills
- H. 1608 – An Act relative to restraining orders as they pertain to hate crimes
- H. 1995 – An Act regularizing sentencing for hate crimes
- S. 1262 – An Act relative to hate crimes
- H. 1820 – An Act providing increased protections from harassment and discrimination on the basis of height
- H. 2207 / S. 1388 – An Act building resilience and increasing access to mental health services
- H. 1920 / S. 1126 – An Act relative to combating hate in the Commonwealth
- H. 1675 – An Act to advance hate-crime protections for victims who are targeted due to their gender
- H. 1589 / S. 1056 – An Act to amend the definition of hate crime
- H. 2617 / H. 2596 – An Act further defining a hate crime
- S. 1246 – An Act to add sex and gender as protected classes for crime prosecutions
- Next Steps
- Open Session for Topics not Reasonably Anticipated within 48 Hours of the Meeting
Contact
Address
1 Ashburton Place, Suite 2133, Boston, MA 02108
Phone
Fax
(617) 727-4764