HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4636

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, October 23, 2025.

The committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1675) of Michelle M. DuBois relative to hate-crime protections for victims targeted due to gender, reports recommending that the accompanying bill (House, No. 4636) ought to pass.

For the committee,

MICHAEL S. DAY.

        FILED ON: 10/12/2025

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4636

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)

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An Act to advance hate-crime protections for victims who are targeted due to their gender.

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 39 of Chapter 265 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting, in line 4, as amended by section 109 of chapter 135 of the Acts of 2024, after the words “national origin,” the following word: - sex,.