HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2406 FILED ON: 1/17/2019
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1265
|
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
_________________
PRESENTED BY:
Marjorie C. Decker
_________________
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 protect families experiencing homelessness from having to sleep in unsafe places.
_______________
PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: | Date Added: |
Marjorie C. Decker | 25th Middlesex | 1/14/2019 |
Louis L. Kafka | 8th Norfolk | 1/18/2019 |
Joseph A. Boncore | First Suffolk and Middlesex | 1/22/2019 |
Carlos González | 10th Hampden | 1/23/2019 |
Brian M. Ashe | 2nd Hampden | 1/28/2019 |
Bruce J. Ayers | 1st Norfolk | 2/1/2019 |
Christine P. Barber | 34th Middlesex | 1/31/2019 |
Natalie M. Blais | 1st Franklin | 2/1/2019 |
Michael D. Brady | Second Plymouth and Bristol | 2/1/2019 |
Paul Brodeur | 32nd Middlesex | 1/31/2019 |
Peter Capano | 11th Essex | 2/1/2019 |
Harriette L. Chandler | First Worcester | 2/1/2019 |
Sonia Chang-Diaz | Second Suffolk | 2/1/2019 |
Nick Collins | First Suffolk | 2/1/2019 |
Joanne M. Comerford | Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester | 1/30/2019 |
Mike Connolly | 26th Middlesex | 1/31/2019 |
Daniel R. Cullinane | 12th Suffolk | 1/30/2019 |
Sal N. DiDomenico | Middlesex and Suffolk | 1/31/2019 |
Mindy Domb | 3rd Hampshire | 2/1/2019 |
Daniel M. Donahue | 16th Worcester | 2/1/2019 |
Michelle M. DuBois | 10th Plymouth | 1/29/2019 |
Carolyn C. Dykema | 8th Middlesex | 1/24/2019 |
Lori A. Ehrlich | 8th Essex | 2/1/2019 |
James B. Eldridge | Middlesex and Worcester | 1/31/2019 |
Nika C. Elugardo | 15th Suffolk | 2/1/2019 |
Tricia Farley-Bouvier | 3rd Berkshire | 2/1/2019 |
Dylan A. Fernandes | Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket | 1/25/2019 |
William C. Galvin | 6th Norfolk | 1/31/2019 |
Sean Garballey | 23rd Middlesex | 1/26/2019 |
Carmine Lawrence Gentile | 13th Middlesex | 2/1/2019 |
Kenneth I. Gordon | 21st Middlesex | 1/24/2019 |
Tami L. Gouveia | 14th Middlesex | 1/30/2019 |
James K. Hawkins | 2nd Bristol | 2/1/2019 |
Jonathan Hecht | 29th Middlesex | 1/28/2019 |
Natalie M. Higgins | 4th Worcester | 1/30/2019 |
Kate Hogan | 3rd Middlesex | 1/31/2019 |
Kevin G. Honan | 17th Suffolk | 1/30/2019 |
Daniel J. Hunt | 13th Suffolk | 1/30/2019 |
Patricia D. Jehlen | Second Middlesex | 1/31/2019 |
Mary S. Keefe | 15th Worcester | 1/28/2019 |
Edward J. Kennedy | First Middlesex | 1/30/2019 |
Kay Khan | 11th Middlesex | 1/29/2019 |
Jack Patrick Lewis | 7th Middlesex | 2/1/2019 |
Jason M. Lewis | Fifth Middlesex | 1/28/2019 |
David Paul Linsky | 5th Middlesex | 2/1/2019 |
Jay D. Livingstone | 8th Suffolk | 1/29/2019 |
Adrian C. Madaro | 1st Suffolk | 1/28/2019 |
Elizabeth A. Malia | 11th Suffolk | 1/30/2019 |
Paul McMurtry | 11th Norfolk | 1/30/2019 |
Liz Miranda | 5th Suffolk | 1/30/2019 |
Brian W. Murray | 10th Worcester | 2/1/2019 |
Tram T. Nguyen | 18th Essex | 1/25/2019 |
Shaunna L. O'Connell | 3rd Bristol | 1/31/2019 |
James J. O'Day | 14th Worcester | 1/29/2019 |
Elizabeth A. Poirier | 14th Bristol | 2/1/2019 |
Denise Provost | 27th Middlesex | 1/31/2019 |
Rebecca L. Rausch | Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex | 1/30/2019 |
David Allen Robertson | 19th Middlesex | 2/1/2019 |
David M. Rogers | 24th Middlesex | 1/31/2019 |
Lindsay N. Sabadosa | 1st Hampshire | 1/31/2019 |
José F. Tosado | 9th Hampden | 1/31/2019 |
Paul F. Tucker | 7th Essex | 2/1/2019 |
Tommy Vitolo | 15th Norfolk | 1/29/2019 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2406 FILED ON: 1/17/2019
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1265
By Ms. Decker of Cambridge, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1265) of Marjorie C. Decker and others relative to emergency housing assistance for certain eligible families. Housing. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
_______________
In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)
_______________
An Act to protect families experiencing homelessness from having to sleep in unsafe places.
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 30 of chapter 23B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the first sentence the following sentence:- The department shall provide emergency housing assistance to eligible families including but not limited to families who on the date of application for emergency assistance have no other feasible alternative housing, as defined in 760 CMR 67.06.1(b), and who, but for not having spent 1 night in a public or private place not designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings, including but not limited to a car, park, abandoned building, medical facility, bus or train station, airport or camping ground, would be eligible for emergency assistance under clauses (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv).