HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3761        FILED ON: 2/19/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1800

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Liz Miranda

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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 stop profiling transgender people and low-income women.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Liz Miranda

5th Suffolk

2/19/2021

Mindy Domb

3rd Hampshire

2/22/2021

Patrick Joseph Kearney

4th Plymouth

2/26/2021

Michelle M. DuBois

10th Plymouth

2/26/2021

Nika C. Elugardo

15th Suffolk

2/26/2021

Bud L. Williams

11th Hampden

2/26/2021

Vanna Howard

17th Middlesex

2/26/2021

Christine P. Barber

34th Middlesex

3/16/2021

Patricia A. Duffy

5th Hampden

3/17/2021

Erika Uyterhoeven

27th Middlesex

3/18/2021

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

3/25/2021

Mike Connolly

26th Middlesex

4/5/2021

Ruth B. Balser

12th Middlesex

4/26/2021

Steven Ultrino

33rd Middlesex

6/15/2021

Natalie M. Higgins

4th Worcester

9/3/2021

Tami L. Gouveia

14th Middlesex

1/23/2022


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3761        FILED ON: 2/19/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1800

By Ms. Miranda of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1800) of Liz Miranda and others relative to the profiling of transgender people and low-income women.  The Judiciary.

 

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 to stop profiling transgender people and low-income women.

 

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 53 of Chapter 272 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 1-2, the words “Common night walkers, common street walkers, both male and female,”.

SECTION 2. Section 62 of Chapter 272 of the General Laws is hereby repealed.

SECTION 3. Chapter 94C is hereby amended by inserting after section 34A the following section:- 

Section 34B: Any person who, in good faith, reports a crime shall not be charged or prosecuted for (i) possession of a controlled substance under section 34, (ii) sex for fee under chapter 272 section 53A subsections (a) or (b), or found in violation of a condition of probation or pretrial release as determined by a court or a condition of parole, as determined by the parole board if the evidence for the above enumerated offenses was gained as a result of reporting a crime.