HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 557 FILED ON: 1/13/2017
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1163
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Sean Garballey and Kate Hogan
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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: |
Sean Garballey | 23rd Middlesex | 1/13/2017 |
Kate Hogan | 3rd Middlesex | 1/18/2017 |
Kevin G. Honan | 17th Suffolk | 12/20/2017 |
Aaron Vega | 5th Hampden | 12/20/2017 |
Denise Provost | 27th Middlesex | 12/20/2017 |
Jennifer E. Benson | 37th Middlesex | 1/26/2017 |
James M. Cantwell | 4th Plymouth | 1/26/2017 |
Paul J. Donato | 35th Middlesex | 1/24/2017 |
James B. Eldridge | Middlesex and Worcester | 1/27/2017 |
Susan Williams Gifford | 2nd Plymouth | 1/26/2017 |
Kenneth I. Gordon | 21st Middlesex | 1/27/2017 |
Jonathan Hecht | 29th Middlesex | 1/24/2017 |
John J. Lawn, Jr. | 10th Middlesex | 1/26/2017 |
Joseph D. McKenna | 18th Worcester | 1/26/2017 |
James R. Miceli | 19th Middlesex | 1/26/2017 |
Richard J. Ross | Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex | 1/25/2017 |
Byron Rushing | 9th Suffolk | 1/27/2017 |
John C. Velis | 4th Hampden | 1/24/2017 |
Marjorie C. Decker | 25th Middlesex | 12/20/2017 |
David Paul Linsky | 5th Middlesex | 12/20/2017 |
John H. Rogers | 12th Norfolk | 12/20/2017 |
Daniel J. Hunt | 13th Suffolk | 12/20/2017 |
Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr. | 28th Middlesex | 12/20/2017 |
RoseLee Vincent | 16th Suffolk | 12/20/2017 |
Thomas M. Stanley | 9th Middlesex | 12/20/2017 |
Kimberly N. Ferguson | 1st Worcester | 12/20/2017 |
Bradley H. Jones, Jr. | 20th Middlesex | 12/20/2017 |
Daniel Cullinane | 12th Suffolk | 12/20/2017 |
Daniel Cahill | 10th Essex | 12/20/2017 |
Angelo L. D'Emilia | 8th Plymouth | 12/20/2017 |
Michael F. Rush | Norfolk and Suffolk | 12/20/2017 |
Brian Murray | 10th Worcester | 12/20/2017 |
James J. O'Day | 14th Worcester | 12/20/2017 |
Ruth B. Balser | 12th Middlesex | 12/20/2017 |
Steven Ultrino | 33rd Middlesex | 12/20/2017 |
Carolyn C. Dykema | 8th Middlesex | 12/20/2017 |
Mary S. Keefe | 15th Worcester | 12/20/2017 |
Paul R. Heroux | 2nd Bristol | 12/20/2017 |
Joan B. Lovely | Second Essex | 12/20/2017 |
Hannah Kane | 11th Worcester | 12/20/2017 |
Shaunna L. O'Connell | 3rd Bristol | 12/20/2017 |
Patricia D. Jehlen | Second Middlesex | 12/20/2017 |
Anne M. Gobi | Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex | 12/20/2017 |
Tricia Farley-Bouvier | 3rd Berkshire | 12/20/2017 |
Louis L. Kafka | 8th Norfolk | 12/20/2017 |
Elizabeth A. Poirier | 14th Bristol | 12/20/2017 |
Elizabeth A. Malia | 11th Suffolk | 12/20/2017 |
Aaron Michlewitz | 3rd Suffolk | 12/20/2017 |
William L. Crocker, Jr. | 2nd Barnstable | 12/20/2017 |
Russell E. Holmes | 6th Suffolk | 12/20/2017 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 557 FILED ON: 1/13/2017
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1163
By Representatives Garballey of Arlington and Hogan of Stow, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1163) of Sean Garballey, Kate Hogan and others relative to access to original birth certificates for all persons born in the Commonwealth. Public Health. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court
(2017-2018)
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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 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 3 and 4, the words “on or before July 17, 1974 or on or after January 1, 2008”.
SECTION 2. Said section 2B of chapter 46, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 6, the words “on or after January 1, 2008”.