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Welcome to Tom Sannicandro's Website
Massachusetts State Representative
7th Middlesex District |
OUI REPEAT OFFENDERS
(“MELANIE’S LAW”)
CHAPTER 122 OF THE ACTS OF 2005
Toughest drunk driving law in the Commonwealth’s history
stiffens penalties for repeat offenders and brings state
in compliance with federal drunk driving standards
WITNESS INTIMIDATION PROGRAM/ANTI-GANG FUNDING
CHAPTER 48 OF THE ACTS OF 2006
Moving to combat rising crime rates, House establishes
$11 million grant program to help communities reduce and
prevent gang violence and strengthens existing gun laws;
Creates $1.5 million statewide witness protection
program to safeguard witnesses from the intimidation
that obstructs criminal investigations
NEW DRIVER’S LICENSE REQUIREMENTS FOR TEENAGERS
AWAITING FINAL ENACTMENT
Seeking to address the dual issues of inexperience and
training that contribute to teenage drivers suffering
the highest fatality rate of any age group, House
endorses bill to increase the required amount of on the
road training, strengthen restrictions and penalties for
junior operators and give the Registry of Motor Vehicles
regulatory authority over all driver education schools
and programs
PROTECTING CHILDREN FROM SEXUAL PREDATORS
AWAITING FINAL ENACTMENT
Most sweeping sex offender legislation since the
creation of the sex offender registry a decade ago
nearly doubles the statute of limitations for certain
sexual crimes against children, mandates pre-release
classification and registration of incarcerated sex
offenders and prohibits Level 3 sex offenders from
residing in nursing homes
STRENGTHENING SEX OFFENDER OVERSIGHT
CHAPTER 139 OF THE ACTS OF 2006
House takes action to tighten rules and strengthen
oversight by placing sex offenders who repeatedly fail
to register with the state’s sex offender board on
lifetime parole, subjecting offenders who commit certain
crimes against children to lifetime parole if they fail
to register even once and requiring sex offenders to
register at all address where they spend more than two
weeks a year
SUPPORT FOR MUNICIPAL PUBLIC SAFETY
CHAPTER 139 OF THE ACTS OF 2006
FY’07 budget sends $21 million home to cities and towns
for Community
Policing grants and $2.5 million for new municipal fire
safety equipment
CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS (“NICOLE’S LAW”)
CHAPTER 123 OF THE ACTS OF 2005
Requires installation of inexpensive, life-saving carbon
monoxide detectors in homes and residential properties
to protect Massachusetts residents from leading cause of
accidental poisoning deaths in the country
FIRE SAFE CIGARETTES
CHAPTER 140 OF THE ACTS OF 2006
Taking aim at the leading cause of home fire deaths, law
requires tobacco companies to produce and sell only
self-extinguishing cigarettes or “fire-safe cigarettes”
in Massachusetts; Measure helps reduce risk of fire and
injury for smokers, their families, their neighbors and
local firefighters
INTERSTATE COMPACT
CHAPTER 121 OF THE ACTS OF 2005
Enhances public safety by allowing Massachusetts to join
49 other states in the Interstate Compact for Adult
Supervision; Provides law enforcement officials the
authority to track, supervise and, when necessary,
return convicted criminals on parole or probation who
relocate here from other states
PUBLIC DEFENDERS
CHAPTER 54 OF THE ACTS OF 2005
Responding to growing crisis in the courts, House
approves higher salary rates for private attorneys who
represent the indigent and implements cost saving reform
system by lowering cap on hours billed to taxpayers;
Creates pilot project to utilize public defenders in
district courts to lower costs paid for representation
of indigent defendants
VOLUNTARY FIREFIGHTER & PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL
BENEFITS
CHAPTER 125 OF THE ACTS OF 2005
In order to protect and provide for all safety personnel
across the
Commonwealth, the House requires cities and towns to
provide death benefits for families of public safety
personnel killed in the line of duty
EMERGENCY CENTRAL ARTERY LEGISLATION
CHAPTER 153 OF THE ACTS OF 2006
Moving to restore public safety and confidence after
fatal Big Dig tunnel ceiling collapse, legislators
swiftly approve legislation granting Governor
responsibility for inspections and funding to conduct
“stem to stern” audit of entire project
PROTECTING CHILDREN FROM SEXUAL SOLICITATION
H.859 – ENGROSSED BY HOUSE
Closing loophole in current law, measure strengthens
penalties for soliciting sexual contact for a fee with a
minor under 14
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