SENATE DOCKET, NO. 714        FILED ON: 1/15/2019

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 63

 

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:

 

Joan B. Lovely

Second Essex

 

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”.