SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2669

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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

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SENATE, February 10, 2022.

The committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petitions (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1127) of Rebecca L. Rausch and Kay Khan for legislation to prohibit body size discrimination; and (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1822) of Tram T. Nguyen and others relative to prohibiting body size discrimination, reports the accompanying bill (Senate, No. 2669).

For the committee,

James B. Eldridge

        FILED ON: 1/31/2022

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2669

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 prohibiting body size discrimination.

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 89 of chapter 71 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “identity,”, in lines 98 and 349, in each instance, the following words:- “height or weight,”.

SECTION 2. Section 5 of chapter 76 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “identity,”, in line 11, the following words:- “height or weight,”.

SECTION 3. Section 12B of said chapter 76 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “identity,”, in line 11, the following words:- “height or weight,”.

SECTION 4. Section 3 of chapter 151B of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “identity,”, in lines 17 and 64, in each instance, the following words:- “height or weight, unless for the purposes of compliance with any established state, federal, or industry safety standard,”.

SECTION 5. Section 4 of said chapter 151B is hereby amended by inserting after the word “identity,”, in lines 3, 187, 202, 210, 221, 230, 264, 291, 298, 309, 359, 367, 377, 477, 488, 493, 500, 633, 644, 655, 821, 831 in each instance, the following words:- “height or weight, unless for the purposes of compliance with any established state, federal, or industry safety standard,”.

SECTION 6. Section 2 of chapter 151C of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “race,”, in lines 5 and 18, in each instance, the following words:- “height or weight,”.

SECTION 7. Section 2A of said chapter 151C, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “race,”, in lines 9 and 15, in each instance, the following words:- “height or weight,”.

SECTION 8. Section 2 of chapter 151E of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “sex,”, in lines 14 and 22, in each instance, the following words:- “height or weight, unless for the purposes of compliance with any established state, federal, or industry safety standard,”.

SECTION 9. Section 92A of chapter 272 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “identity,”, in line 10, the following words:- “height or weight, unless for the purposes of compliance with any established state, federal, or industry safety standard,”.

SECTION 10. Section 98 of said chapter 272, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “identity,”, in line 3, the following words:- “height or weight, unless for the purposes of compliance with any established state, federal, or industry safety standard,”.