SENATE DOCKET, NO. 667        FILED ON: 1/15/2019

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2043

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Harriette L. Chandler

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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:

 

Harriette L. Chandler

First Worcester

 

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

 

Rebecca L. Rausch

Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex

1/24/2019

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

1/29/2019

Joanne M. Comerford

Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester

1/30/2019

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf

17th Worcester

1/31/2019

José F. Tosado

9th Hampden

1/30/2019

William N. Brownsberger

Second Suffolk and Middlesex

1/31/2019

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

2/1/2019

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Patricia D. Jehlen

Second Middlesex

2/1/2019

Sal N. DiDomenico

Middlesex and Suffolk

2/1/2019

Michael O. Moore

Second Worcester

2/1/2019

Cindy F. Friedman

Fourth Middlesex

2/1/2019

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Mike Connolly

26th Middlesex

2/4/2019

Julian Cyr

Cape and Islands

2/4/2019

James K. Hawkins

2nd Bristol

2/5/2019

Lindsay N. Sabadosa

1st Hampshire

5/19/2019

Tami L. Gouveia

14th Middlesex

7/10/2019


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 667        FILED ON: 1/15/2019

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2043

 

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 2568 OF 2017-2018.]

 

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 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 8E of Chapter 90 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “cards”, in line 6, the following words:- ; provided, however, that the registrar’s regulations shall include a process for a person who is homeless or is an unaccompanied homeless youth to apply for a Massachusetts identification card and to waive any fees associated with obtaining the identification card; provided further, that said process shall allow for  a person who is homeless or is an unaccompanied homeless youth to submit proof of residency by providing documentation satisfactory to the registrar (i) from entities that provide services in the commonwealth, including, but not limited to, homeless service providers, or (ii) of services received from a department, division, office or agency of the executive office of health and  human services.  For the purposes of this section, the term “homeless”, shall have the same meaning as set forth in section 103 of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act of 1987, 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.