HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1232 FILED ON: 2/3/2021
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1465
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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.