HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1801        FILED ON: 1/17/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1892

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Sean Garballey and Daniel R. Cullinane

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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

1/17/2019

Kate Hogan

3rd Middlesex

1/17/2019

Louis L. Kafka

8th Norfolk

1/23/2019

Dean A. Tran

Worcester and Middlesex

1/24/2019

David Paul Linsky

5th Middlesex

1/25/2019

Tommy Vitolo

15th Norfolk

1/27/2019

Tram T. Nguyen

18th Essex

1/28/2019

Ruth B. Balser

12th Middlesex

1/28/2019

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

1/29/2019

Jonathan Hecht

29th Middlesex

1/29/2019

Maria Duaime Robinson

6th Middlesex

1/29/2019

Kimberly N. Ferguson

1st Worcester

1/29/2019

Josh S. Cutler

6th Plymouth

1/29/2019

Steven Ultrino

33rd Middlesex

1/29/2019

Lindsay N. Sabadosa

1st Hampshire

1/29/2019

David Allen Robertson

19th Middlesex

1/29/2019

Joseph D. McKenna

18th Worcester

1/30/2019

Hannah Kane

11th Worcester

1/30/2019

Kenneth I. Gordon

21st Middlesex

1/30/2019

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

1/30/2019

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

1/30/2019

Shaunna L. O'Connell

3rd Bristol

1/31/2019

Steven S. Howitt

4th Bristol

1/31/2019

Daniel R. Carey

2nd Hampshire

1/31/2019

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

1/31/2019

Jeffrey N. Roy

10th Norfolk

1/31/2019

John C. Velis

4th Hampden

1/31/2019

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr.

5th Worcester

2/1/2019

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

20th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Susan Williams Gifford

2nd Plymouth

2/1/2019

Natalie M. Higgins

4th Worcester

2/1/2019

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

2/1/2019

Smitty Pignatelli

4th Berkshire

2/1/2019

Susannah M. Whipps

2nd Franklin

2/1/2019

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

2/1/2019

Angelo L. D'Emilia

8th Plymouth

2/1/2019

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf

17th Worcester

2/1/2019

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Brian W. Murray

10th Worcester

2/1/2019

Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr.

28th Middlesex

2/1/2019

David M. Rogers

24th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Carole A. Fiola

6th Bristol

2/1/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1801        FILED ON: 1/17/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1892

By Messrs. Garballey of Arlington and Cullinane of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1892) of Sean Garballey and others relative to access to original birth certificates to persons born in the Commonwealth.  Public Health.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)

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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 2016 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”.