HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 373        FILED ON: 1/13/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1764

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Byron Rushing

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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 making discrimination on the basis of height and weight unlawful.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Byron Rushing

9th Suffolk

1/13/2015

Ellen Story

3rd Hampshire

10/1/2019

Benjamin Swan

11th Hampden

10/1/2019

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

10/1/2019

Louis L. Kafka

8th Norfolk

10/1/2019

Ruth B. Balser

12th Middlesex

10/1/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 373        FILED ON: 1/13/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1764

By Mr. Rushing of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1764) of Byron Rushing and others for legislation to make it unlawful to discriminate on the basis of height and weight in compensation or in terms, conditions or privileges of employment.  Labor and Workforce Development.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1758 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 making discrimination on the basis of height and weight unlawful.

 

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 3 of chapter 151B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “identity”, in lines 17 and 61, in each instance, the following words:-

, height, weight.

SECTION 2. Section 4 of said chapter 151B, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “identity”, in lines 3, 69, 82, 88, 96, 103, 136, 163, 169, 179, 227, 235, 244, 340, 351, 355, 362, 487, 497, 508, 664 and 673, in each instance, the following words:-

, height, weight.

SECTION 3. Section 92A of chapter 272 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “sex”, in line 9, the following words:-

, height, weight.

SECTION 4. Section 98 of said chapter 272, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “sex”, in line 2, the following words:-

, height, weight.