"Prevention Package" bills being heard in Judiciary:
S.1163/H.1634 - An Act relative to sexual assaults by adults in positions of authority or trust, Sen. Joan Lovely and Rep. Leigh Davis
Criminalizes sexual abuse by adults in positions of authority with minors in their care, and allows for civil lawsuits against them.
H.1733 - An Act relative to the age of consent in certain criminal prosecutions and civil actions for sexual assault and rape of a child and H.1734 - An Act relative to preventing educator sexual misconduct and abuse of children/youth - Rep. Ken Gordon
Criminalizes sexual abuse of students under 19 who haven't received a H.S. diploma by school, college, youth serving organization or department employees and allows for lawsuits against them.
H.1593/S.1174 An Act protecting minors from the creation of computer-generated child sexual abuse visual materials - Rep. Natalie Blais and Sen. Paul Mark
To address the exponentially growing problem of online child sexual abuse material (CSAM), this bill would enable prosecution of people for developing and sharing sexually explicit images of children that are technologically edited, collaged, morphed or AI-generated, including sexual "deepfakes" of children.
S.1166 - An Act relative to enhancing hiring practices to prevent sexual abuse - Sen. Lovely
Requires screening of school employees through enhanced reference checks to prevent hiring abusers
S.1165 - An Act amending the statute of limitations regarding criminal prosecutions for the crimes of sexual assault and rape of a child - Sen. Lovely
Eliminates the criminal Statute of Limitations (SOL)
S.1169 - An Act enhancing remedies for survivors of childhood sexual abuse - Sen. Lovely
Eliminates the civil SOL and eliminates the $100K cap on negligence damages for institutions in child sexual abuse cases.
H.1832 - An Act relative to preventing the sexual abuse of children and youth, aka, The Comprehensive Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Act of 2025 - Rep. Lawn
Requires CSAP education and policies in schools, school employee screening, criminalizes adults in positions of authority who sexually abuse minors in their care and prohits age of consent as a defense)
Please see the "Prevention Package" bill summary for more details about the bills being heard (the committees are listed next to the bills).