SENATE DOCKET, NO. 714 FILED ON: 1/15/2019
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 63
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Joan B. Lovely
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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 relative to expanding access to adoption.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: |
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Joan B. Lovely | Second Essex |
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Jack Patrick Lewis | 7th Middlesex | 1/17/2019 |
Jason M. Lewis | Fifth Middlesex | 1/24/2019 |
Kay Khan | 11th Middlesex | 1/29/2019 |
Michael J. Finn | 6th Hampden | 2/1/2019 |
Patrick M. O'Connor | Plymouth and Norfolk | 1/29/2019 |
Rebecca L. Rausch | Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex | 1/30/2019 |
William N. Brownsberger | Second Suffolk and Middlesex | 1/31/2019 |
Brian M. Ashe | 2nd Hampden | 1/31/2019 |
Michael O. Moore | Second Worcester | 2/1/2019 |
Sal N. DiDomenico | Middlesex and Suffolk | 2/1/2019 |
Julian Cyr | Cape and Islands | 2/4/2019 |
James K. Hawkins | 2nd Bristol | 2/5/2019 |
Edward J. Kennedy | First Middlesex | 2/6/2019 |
SENATE DOCKET, NO. 714 FILED ON: 1/15/2019
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 63
By Ms. Lovely, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 63) of Joan B. Lovely, Jack Patrick Lewis, Jason M. Lewis, Kay Khan and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to expanding access to adoption. Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities. |
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 relative to expanding access to adoption.
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 1 of Chapter 210 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in the first sentence, the words “, or brother, sister, uncle or aunt, of the whole or half blood”.