HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1232        FILED ON: 2/3/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1465

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

John Barrett, III

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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 providing for the expungement of racially restrictive covenants in recorded real property documents.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

John Barrett, III

1st Berkshire

2/3/2021

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

2/10/2021

Steven C. Owens

29th Middlesex

2/10/2021

Steven Ultrino

33rd Middlesex

2/10/2021

Michael D. Brady

Second Plymouth and Bristol

2/10/2021

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

2/10/2021

Carlos González

10th Hampden

2/10/2021

Frank A. Moran

17th Essex

2/10/2021

Lindsay N. Sabadosa

1st Hampshire

2/10/2021

David Paul Linsky

5th Middlesex

2/10/2021

Adam G. Hinds

Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden

2/10/2021

Susannah M. Whipps

2nd Franklin

2/10/2021

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

2/10/2021

Kelly W. Pease

4th Hampden

2/10/2021

Paul J. Donato

35th Middlesex

2/10/2021

Tram T. Nguyen

18th Essex

2/11/2021

Kathleen R. LaNatra

12th Plymouth

2/11/2021

Jeffrey N. Roy

10th Norfolk

2/12/2021

Patricia A. Haddad

5th Bristol

2/12/2021

Hannah Kane

11th Worcester

2/13/2021

Carmine Lawrence Gentile

13th Middlesex

2/15/2021

Smitty Pignatelli

4th Berkshire

2/16/2021

Maria Duaime Robinson

6th Middlesex

2/16/2021

Tommy Vitolo

15th Norfolk

2/16/2021

Christina A. Minicucci

14th Essex

2/16/2021

Colleen M. Garry

36th Middlesex

2/16/2021

Joseph D. McKenna

18th Worcester

2/16/2021

Sal N. DiDomenico

Middlesex and Suffolk

2/16/2021

Steven S. Howitt

4th Bristol

2/16/2021

Bud L. Williams

11th Hampden

2/17/2021

Gerard J. Cassidy

9th Plymouth

2/17/2021

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

20th Middlesex

2/18/2021

Paul W. Mark

2nd Berkshire

2/22/2021

Tami L. Gouveia

14th Middlesex

2/22/2021

Mindy Domb

3rd Hampshire

2/23/2021

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf

17th Worcester

2/23/2021

Michael O. Moore

Second Worcester

2/23/2021

Danillo A. Sena

37th Middlesex

2/24/2021

Sheila C. Harrington

1st Middlesex

2/24/2021

Angelo L. D'Emilia

8th Plymouth

2/25/2021

David Allen Robertson

19th Middlesex

2/25/2021

Brandy Fluker Oakley

12th Suffolk

2/26/2021

Kate Lipper-Garabedian

32nd Middlesex

2/26/2021

Michelle L. Ciccolo

15th Middlesex

2/26/2021

Dylan A. Fernandes

Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket

3/8/2021

Elizabeth A. Malia

11th Suffolk

3/15/2021

Adam J. Scanlon

14th Bristol

4/8/2021

Rebecca L. Rausch

Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex

4/23/2021

Natalie M. Higgins

4th Worcester

5/10/2021

Nick Collins

First Suffolk

1/24/2022


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1232        FILED ON: 2/3/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1465

By Mr. Barrett of North Adams, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1465) of John Barrett, III and others relative to the expungement of racially restrictive covenants in recorded real property documents.  The Judiciary.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 4944 OF 2019-2020.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Second General Court
(2021-2022)

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An Act providing for the expungement of racially restrictive covenants in recorded real property documents.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Section 23B of chapter 184 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:-

Upon petition to the land court department of the trial court, a person holding an interest in real property or a party in interest affected by a void provision in this section, may request the land court to expunge a provision made void by this section. The land court may order the removal of such language by order, to either the recorder of the land court department or an assistant recorder of the land court, to strike the void provision from the appropriate record or instrument.