HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1580        FILED ON: 1/18/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1558

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Steven S. Howitt

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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 the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Steven S. Howitt

4th Bristol

1/18/2023

Marcus S. Vaughn

9th Norfolk

1/23/2023

Christopher J. Worrell

5th Suffolk

1/27/2023

Jacob R. Oliveira

Hampden, Hampshire and Worcester

1/27/2023

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

20th Middlesex

1/27/2023

David F. DeCoste

5th Plymouth

1/27/2023

Angelo L. D'Emilia

8th Plymouth

1/27/2023

Steven George Xiarhos

5th Barnstable

1/28/2023

Lenny Mirra

2nd Essex

1/30/2023

Michael J. Soter

8th Worcester

1/30/2023

Joseph D. McKenna

18th Worcester

1/30/2023

Susannah M. Whipps

2nd Franklin

1/30/2023

David K. Muradian, Jr.

9th Worcester

2/6/2023

Patrick M. O'Connor

First Plymouth and Norfolk

2/8/2023

F. Jay Barrows

1st Bristol

2/22/2023

Edward R. Philips

8th Norfolk

2/27/2023

Susan Williams Gifford

2nd Plymouth

3/1/2023

Paul K. Frost

7th Worcester

3/1/2023

Mathew J. Muratore

1st Plymouth

3/1/2023

Marc T. Lombardo

22nd Middlesex

3/6/2023

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

12th Hampden

3/7/2023

Christopher Hendricks

11th Bristol

3/7/2023

Tackey Chan

2nd Norfolk

3/7/2023

Paul R. Feeney

Bristol and Norfolk

3/7/2023

Paul A. Schmid III

8th Bristol

3/8/2023

Rodney M. Elliott

16th Middlesex

3/8/2023

John F. Keenan

Norfolk and Plymouth

3/17/2023

Kimberly N. Ferguson

1st Worcester

3/28/2023

Jessica Ann Giannino

16th Suffolk

10/16/2023

James K. Hawkins

2nd Bristol

10/16/2023

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

10/17/2023

Paul J. Donato

35th Middlesex

10/17/2023

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

10/17/2023

Estela A. Reyes

4th Essex

10/17/2023

William F. MacGregor

10th Suffolk

10/17/2023

James C. Arena-DeRosa

8th Middlesex

10/17/2023

Todd M. Smola

1st Hampden

10/18/2023

Priscila S. Sousa

6th Middlesex

10/19/2023


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1580        FILED ON: 1/18/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1558

By Representative Howitt of Seekonk, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1558) of Steven S. Howitt and others relative to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism.  The Judiciary.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)

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An Act relative to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism.

 

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 151B, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following new definition: “24. The term ‘Antisemitism’ shall have the same meaning that is endorsed by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, which shall mean a certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred toward Jews. Rhetorical and physical manifestations of antisemitism are directed toward Jewish or non-Jewish individuals and/or their property, toward Jewish community institutions and religious facilities.”