HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 545        FILED ON: 1/13/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1320

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Colleen M. Garry

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to privacy and safety in public accommodations.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Colleen M. Garry

36th Middlesex

1/13/2015

Stephen L. DiNatale

3rd Worcester

9/17/2019

Peter J. Durant

6th Worcester

9/17/2019

Dennis A. Rosa

4th Worcester

9/17/2019

Marc T. Lombardo

22nd Middlesex

9/17/2019

James J. Dwyer

30th Middlesex

9/17/2019

Elizabeth A. Poirier

14th Bristol

9/17/2019

Donald F. Humason, Jr.

Second Hampden and Hampshire

9/17/2019

Angelo L. D'Emilia

8th Plymouth

9/17/2019

Shaunna L. O'Connell

3rd Bristol

9/17/2019

Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr.

5th Worcester

9/17/2019

David T. Vieira

3rd Barnstable

9/17/2019

Benjamin Swan

11th Hampden

9/17/2019

Joseph D. McKenna

18th Worcester

9/17/2019

Kevin J. Kuros

8th Worcester

9/17/2019

Keiko M. Orrall

12th Bristol

9/17/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 545        FILED ON: 1/13/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1320

By Miss Garry of Dracut, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1320) of Colleen M. Garry and others relative to the definition of gender identity as it applies to lawfully segregated facilities.  The Judiciary.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1354 OF 2013-2014.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth General Court
(2015-2016)

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An Act relative to privacy and safety in public accommodations.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1.  Section 7 of chapter 4 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following clause:-

Fifty-ninth, The meaning of “gender identity” shall be distinct from that of “sex” and “sexual orientation.”  Access to lawfully sex-segregated facilities, accommodations, resorts, and amusements, as well as educational, athletic, and therapeutic activities and programs, shall be controlled by an individual’s anatomical sex of male or female, regardless of that individual’s gender identity.