SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1189        FILED ON: 1/19/2023

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 914

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

William N. Brownsberger

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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 addition of sex and gender as a protected class category for crime prosecutions.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

 

William N. Brownsberger

Suffolk and Middlesex

 

Margaret R. Scarsdale

1st Middlesex

12/14/2023

Rebecca L. Rausch

Norfolk, Worcester and Middlesex

1/31/2024


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1189        FILED ON: 1/19/2023

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 914

By Mr. Brownsberger, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 914) of William N. Brownsberger for legislation relative to the addition of sex and gender as a protected class category for crime prosecutions.  The Judiciary.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 2453 OF 2021-2022.]

 

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 addition of sex and gender as a protected class category for crime prosecutions.

 

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

Section 39 of chapter 265 of the General Laws is hereby amended in subsection (a) by inserting after the words “national origin,” the following words:- sex, gender,