{"bill":{"bill_key":"MA-H1711-2010","title":"Relative to the Reform of Archaic Laws Implicating Certain Private Consensual Intimate Conduct Between Adults.","side":"pro","state":"MA","year":2010,"status_cat":"failed","ls_status":"introduced","summary":"Relative to the Reform of Archaic Laws Implicating Certain Private Consensual Intimate Conduct Between Adults.","notes":"Section 34 of chapter 272 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 1 to 2, the words “commits the abominable and detestable crime against nature, either with mankind or” and inserting in place thereof the words:-- engages in sexual relations. Section 35 of chapter 272 is hereby repealed","types_str":"Repeal Anti-LGBTQ Laws: Anti-Sodomy","sponsor_mix":"D","url":"https://legiscan.com/MA/bill/H1711/2009","url_kind":"legiscan","source":"legiscan","special":0,"bluebook":{"cite":"H. 1711, 186th Gen. Ct. (Mass. 2009), http://www.malegislature.gov/Bills/186/House/H1711.","short":"Mass. H. 1711."}},"same_key":[],"sponsors":[{"name":"Byron Rushing","party":"D","state":"MA","district":"HD-09-SUF","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-2511"},{"name":"Carl Sciortino","party":"D","state":"MA","district":"HD-34-MID","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-2516"},{"name":"Elizabeth Malia","party":"D","state":"MA","district":"HD-11-SUF","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-2475"},{"name":"Ellen Story","party":"D","state":"MA","district":"HD-03-HAM","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-2527"},{"name":"Kay Khan","party":"D","state":"MA","district":"HD-11-MID","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-2464"},{"name":"Martha Walz","party":"D","state":"MA","district":"HD-08-SUF","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-2541"},{"name":"Tom Sannicandro","party":"D","state":"MA","district":"HD-07-MID","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-2513"}],"citations":[],"text":{"available":true,"credit":"Bill data and text from LegiScan (legiscan.com), licensed CC BY 4.0 and used in modified form. LegiScan does not endorse the Trans Data Initiative.","versions":[{"role":"intro","label":"As introduced","chars":1732,"pdf_href":"/bills/MA-H1711-2010/pdf/0/intro"}]}}