Text of MA H 1354 (2014)

Relative to privacy and safety in public accommodations

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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1850 FILED ON: 1/17/2013 HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1354 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts _________________ PRESENTED BY: Colleen M. Garry _______________ 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 passage of the accompanying bill: An Act relative to privacy and safety in public accommodations. _______________ PETITION OF: NAME: DISTRICT/ADDRESS: Colleen M. Garry 36th Middlesex Elizabeth A. Poirier 14th Bristol James J. Dwyer 30th Middlesex Geoff Diehl 7th Plymouth Angelo L. D'Emilia 8th Plymouth Marc T. Lombardo 22nd Middlesex Viriato Manuel deMacedo 1st Plymouth James R. Miceli 19th Middlesex James J. Lyons, Jr. 18th Essex Todd M. Smola 1st Hampden Steven S. Howitt 4th Bristol HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1850 FILED ON: 1/17/2013 HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1354 By Ms. Garry of Dracut, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1354) of Colleen M. Garry and others relative to the definition of gender identity as it applies to lawfully segregated facilities. The Judiciary. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts _______________ In the Year Two Thousand Thirteen _______________ 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: 1 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:- 3 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.