Amendment ID: S3018-13

Amendment 13

Prohibiting Body Size Discrimination

Ms. Rausch, Ms. Jehlen and Messrs. Moore, Eldridge and Gomez move that the proposed new text be amended by inserting after section 108 the following new sections:-

"SECTION 108A. Section 89 of chapter 71 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 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 108B. Section 5 of chapter 76 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word 'identity,', in line 11, the following words:- 'height or weight,'.

SECTION 108C. Section 12B of said chapter 76, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word 'identity,', in line 11, the following words:- 'height or weight,'.;

and further amended by inserting after section 124 the following new sections:-

SECTION 124A. Section 3 of chapter 151B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, 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 124B. 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 124C. Section 2 of chapter 151C of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word 'race,', in lines 5 and 18, in each instance, the following words:- 'height or weight,'.

SECTION 124D. 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 124E. 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,'."; and

By inserting after section 135 the following new sections:-

"SECTION 135A. 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 135B. 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,'.