HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3888 FILED ON: 4/3/2017
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3766
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Jennifer E. Benson
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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 prohibiting the collection of personal information from a consumer.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: | Date Added: |
Jennifer E. Benson | 37th Middlesex | 4/3/2017 |
John W. Scibak | 2nd Hampshire | 4/4/2017 |
Carlos González | 10th Hampden | 4/4/2017 |
David Paul Linsky | 5th Middlesex | 4/3/2017 |
Steven S. Howitt | 4th Bristol | 4/4/2017 |
Josh S. Cutler | 6th Plymouth | 4/3/2017 |
Lori A. Ehrlich | 8th Essex | 4/3/2017 |
Chris Walsh | 6th Middlesex | 4/3/2017 |
James J. Dwyer | 30th Middlesex | 4/3/2017 |
Jeffrey N. Roy | 10th Norfolk | 4/8/2017 |
Aaron Vega | 5th Hampden | 4/3/2017 |
Carole A. Fiola | 6th Bristol | 4/4/2017 |
Angelo L. D'Emilia | 8th Plymouth | 4/3/2017 |
Kate Hogan | 3rd Middlesex | 4/3/2017 |
William L. Crocker, Jr. | 2nd Barnstable | 4/3/2017 |
Smitty Pignatelli | 4th Berkshire | 4/3/2017 |
Sal N. DiDomenico | Middlesex and Suffolk | 4/3/2017 |
Denise Provost | 27th Middlesex | 4/3/2017 |
John F. Keenan | Norfolk and Plymouth | 4/3/2017 |
Alice Hanlon Peisch | 14th Norfolk | 4/3/2017 |
Antonio F. D. Cabral | 13th Bristol | 4/3/2017 |
Christine P. Barber | 34th Middlesex | 4/3/2017 |
Carmine L. Gentile | 13th Middlesex | 4/3/2017 |
Michael S. Day | 31st Middlesex | 4/3/2017 |
Tackey Chan | 2nd Norfolk | 4/7/2017 |
Ruth B. Balser | 12th Middlesex | 4/3/2017 |
Mike Connolly | 26th Middlesex | 4/3/2017 |
Anne M. Gobi | Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex | 4/3/2017 |
Jonathan Hecht | 29th Middlesex | 4/3/2017 |
Natalie Higgins | 4th Worcester | 4/3/2017 |
Frank A. Moran | 17th Essex | 4/3/2017 |
James R. Miceli | 19th Middlesex | 4/3/2017 |
Patricia A. Haddad | 5th Bristol | 4/3/2017 |
Brian M. Ashe | 2nd Hampden | 4/3/2017 |
Marc R. Pacheco | First Plymouth and Bristol | 4/3/2017 |
Jay R. Kaufman | 15th Middlesex | 4/3/2017 |
Bradley H. Jones, Jr. | 20th Middlesex | 4/3/2017 |
José F. Tosado | 9th Hampden | 4/10/2017 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3888 FILED ON: 4/3/2017
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3766
By Ms. Benson of Lunenburg, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Jennifer E. Benson and others for legislation to prohibit certain telecommunications or internet service providers from collecting personal information from customers without express written approval. Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court
(2017-2018)
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An Act prohibiting the collection of personal information from a consumer.
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. Chapter 93 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after section 114 the following section:-
Section 115. No telecommunications or internet service provider that has entered into a franchise agreement, right-of-way agreement, or other contract with the state of Massachusetts or a political subdivision, or that uses facilities that are subject to such agreements, even if it is not a party to the agreement, may collect personal information from a customer resulting from the customer’s use of the telecommunications or internet service provider without express written approval from the customer.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effective upon its passage.