HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 557        FILED ON: 1/13/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1163

 

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”.