{"bill":{"bill_key":"MA-H3805-2010","title":"Addressing LGBT elder inclusion.","side":"pro","state":"MA","year":2010,"status_cat":"failed","ls_status":"introduced","summary":"Discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity and expression, and improving access to services for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender elderly persons","types_str":"Broad Nondiscrimination|LGBTQ+ Elder Rights","sponsor_mix":"bipartisan","url":"https://legiscan.com/MA/bill/H3805/2009","url_kind":"legiscan","source":"legiscan","special":0,"bluebook":{"cite":"H. 3805, 186th Gen. Ct. (Mass. 2009), http://www.malegislature.gov/Bills/186/House/H3805.","short":"Mass. H. 3805."}},"same_key":[],"sponsors":[{"name":"Alice Wolf","party":"D","state":"MA","district":"HD-25-MID","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-2544"},{"name":"Angelo Puppolo","party":"D","state":"MA","district":"HD-12-HAM","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-2501"},{"name":"Barbara L'Italien","party":"D","state":"MA","district":"SD-02-ESS","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-2473"},{"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":"Christine Canavan","party":"D","state":"MA","district":"HD-10-PLY","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-2408"},{"name":"Cleon Turner","party":"D","state":"MA","district":"HD-01-BAR","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-2535"},{"name":"Denise Provost","party":"D","state":"MA","district":"HD-27-MID","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-2500"},{"name":"Elizabeth Malia","party":"D","state":"MA","district":"HD-11-SUF","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-2475"},{"name":"Frank Smizik","party":"D","state":"MA","district":"HD-15-NOR","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-2518"},{"name":"Gale Candaras","party":"D","state":"MA","district":"SD-01-HAM","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-2549"},{"name":"Kate Hogan","party":"D","state":"MA","district":"HD-03-MID","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-2456"},{"name":"Kay Khan","party":"D","state":"MA","district":"HD-11-MID","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-2464"},{"name":"Linda Forry","party":"D","state":"MA","district":"SD-01-SUF","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-2437"},{"name":"Mary Grant","party":"D","state":"MA","district":"HD-06-ESS","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-2447"},{"name":"Michael Rush","party":"D","state":"MA","district":"SD-SUFFOL","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-2510"},{"name":"Patricia Jehlen","party":"D","state":"MA","district":"SD-02-MID","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-2560"},{"name":"Robert Hargraves","party":"R","state":"MA","district":"HD-01-MID","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-2452"},{"name":"Sarah Peake","party":"D","state":"MA","district":"HD-04-BAR","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-2491"},{"name":"Timothy Toomey","party":"D","state":"MA","district":"HD-26-MID","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-2533"}],"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":2877,"pdf_href":"/bills/MA-H3805-2010/pdf/0/intro"}]}}