Text of MA H 1320 (2016)
Relative to privacy and safety in public accommodations
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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 545 FILED ON: 1/13/2015
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1320
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Colleen M. Garry
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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 privacy and safety in public accommodations.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:
DISTRICT/ADDRESS:
Colleen M. Garry
36th Middlesex
Stephen L. DiNatale
3rd Worcester
Peter J. Durant
6th Worcester
Dennis A. Rosa
4th Worcester
Marc T. Lombardo
22nd Middlesex
James J. Dwyer
30th Middlesex
Elizabeth A. Poirier
14th Bristol
Donald F. Humason, Jr.
Second Hampden and Hampshire
Angelo L. D'Emilia
8th Plymouth
Shaunna L. O'Connell
3rd Bristol
Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr.
5th Worcester
David T. Vieira
3rd Barnstable
Benjamin Swan
11th Hampden
Joseph D. McKenna
18th Worcester
Kevin J. Kuros
8th Worcester
Keiko M. Orrall
12th Bristol
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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 545 FILED ON: 1/13/2015
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1320
By Miss Garry of Dracut, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1320) of Colleen M. Garry
and others relative to the definition of gender identity as it applies to lawfully segregated facilities.
The Judiciary.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1354 OF 2013-2014.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth General Court
(2015-2016)
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An Act relative to privacy and safety in public accommodations.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
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SECTION 1. Section 7 of chapter 4 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012
2 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following clause:-
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Fifty-ninth, The meaning of “gender identity” shall be distinct from that of “sex” and
4 “sexual orientation.” Access to lawfully sex-segregated facilities, accommodations, resorts, and
5 amusements, as well as educational, athletic, and therapeutic activities and programs, shall be
6 controlled by an individual’s anatomical sex of male or female, regardless of that individual’s
7 gender identity.