HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2373        FILED ON: 1/15/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2045

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

John H. Rogers and Michael F. Rush

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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 granting equal access to original birth certificates to all persons born in Massachusetts.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

John H. Rogers

12th Norfolk

1/15/2015

Michael F. Rush

Norfolk and Suffolk

1/16/2015

Kate Hogan

3rd Middlesex

10/11/2019

Sean Garballey

23rd Middlesex

1/25/2015

Louis L. Kafka

8th Norfolk

10/11/2019

Kenneth I. Gordon

21st Middlesex

10/11/2019

John J. Lawn, Jr.

10th Middlesex

10/11/2019

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

10/11/2019

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

10/11/2019

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

10/11/2019

Daniel J. Hunt

13th Suffolk

10/11/2019

Ruth B. Balser

12th Middlesex

10/11/2019

Byron Rushing

9th Suffolk

10/11/2019

Shaunna L. O'Connell

3rd Bristol

10/11/2019

Jennifer E. Benson

37th Middlesex

2/4/2015

Michelle M. DuBois

10th Plymouth

2/3/2015

Denise C. Garlick

13th Norfolk

2/3/2015

Susan Williams Gifford

2nd Plymouth

2/3/2015

Danielle W. Gregoire

4th Middlesex

2/3/2015

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

20th Middlesex

2/2/2015

Benjamin Swan

11th Hampden

2/4/2015

Timothy J. Toomey, Jr.

26th Middlesex

2/2/2015


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2373        FILED ON: 1/15/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2045

By Representative Rogers of Norwood and Senator Rush, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2045) of John H. Rogers, Michael F. Rush and others relative to granting equal access to original birth certificates.  Public Health.

 

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 granting equal access to original birth certificates to all persons born in Massachusetts.

 

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 2B of chapter 46 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2008 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking, in line 3, the words “on or before July 17, 1974 or after January 1, 2008” and by striking in lines 4 and 5, the words “on or after January 1, 2008.”