HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2272 FILED ON: 1/19/2017
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2737
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Kay Khan
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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 to provide identification to homeless youth and families.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: | Date Added: |
Kay Khan | 11th Middlesex | 1/19/2017 |
Harriette L. Chandler | First Worcester | 1/31/2017 |
Byron Rushing | 9th Suffolk | 2/1/2017 |
David Paul Linsky | 5th Middlesex | 1/31/2017 |
James B. Eldridge | Middlesex and Worcester | 2/2/2017 |
James J. O'Day | 14th Worcester | 1/27/2017 |
Elizabeth A. Malia | 11th Suffolk | 2/3/2017 |
Ruth B. Balser | 12th Middlesex | 1/26/2017 |
Cory Atkins | 14th Middlesex | 1/30/2017 |
James M. Cantwell | 4th Plymouth | 2/2/2017 |
Marjorie C. Decker | 25th Middlesex | 2/3/2017 |
Michelle M. DuBois | 10th Plymouth | 1/21/2017 |
Sean Garballey | 23rd Middlesex | 2/3/2017 |
Kenneth I. Gordon | 21st Middlesex | 2/1/2017 |
Paul R. Heroux | 2nd Bristol | 2/2/2017 |
Kevin G. Honan | 17th Suffolk | 2/3/2017 |
John J. Lawn, Jr. | 10th Middlesex | 1/31/2017 |
Jason M. Lewis | Fifth Middlesex | 2/2/2017 |
David M. Rogers | 24th Middlesex | 2/3/2017 |
Chynah Tyler | 7th Suffolk | 2/1/2017 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2272 FILED ON: 1/19/2017
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2737
By Ms. Khan of Newton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2737) of Kay Khan and others for legislation to allow the Registrar of Motor Vehicles to waive the fee for identification for certain homeless youth and persons. Transportation. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court
(2017-2018)
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An Act to provide identification to homeless youth and families.
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. The third sentence of the first paragraph of section 8E of chapter 90 of the General Laws, as amended by section 57 of chapter 133 of the acts of 2016, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “cards” the following words:–
including an exceptions process by which a person who is homeless, an unaccompanied homeless youth, or a person who is otherwise
unable to meet the established criteria may apply for a Massachusetts identification card and have the fee, for the same, waived. For
the purposes of this section, the term “homeless”, shall mean a person as defined by the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act
of 1987, § 103(a), 42 U.S.C. § 11302(a), as amended from time to time, and the term “unaccompanied homeless youth”, shall mean a
person 24 years of age or younger who is not in the physical custody or care of a parent or legal guardian and who lacks a fixed,
regular, and adequate nighttime residence.