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Agenda for Hate Crimes Task Force Meeting

Monday, June 16, 2025
2 p.m. - 3:30 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 February 3, 2025
  4. Discussion and Vote on 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

Additional Resources

Open PDF file, 198.26 KB,  Hate Crimes Task Force Meeting Agenda (6/16/25) (English, PDF 198.26 KB)

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