Text of MA H 1577 (2016)

1 of 5 HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3072 FILED ON: 1/16/2015 HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1577 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts _________________ PRESENTED BY: Byron Rushing and Denise Provost _________________ 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 gender identity and nondiscrimination. _______________ PETITION OF: NAME: DISTRICT/ADDRESS: Byron Rushing 9th Suffolk Denise Provost 27th Middlesex Cory Atkins 14th Middlesex Ruth B. Balser 12th Middlesex Michael J. Barrett Third Middlesex William N. Brownsberger Second Suffolk and Middlesex Paul Brodeur 32nd Middlesex Gailanne M. Cariddi 1st Berkshire Marjorie C. Decker 25th Middlesex Sonia Chang-Diaz Second Suffolk James B. Eldridge Middlesex and Worcester Tricia Farley-Bouvier 3rd Berkshire Sean Garballey 23rd Middlesex Kenneth I. Gordon 21st Middlesex Jonathan Hecht 29th Middlesex Paul R. Heroux 2nd Bristol Patricia D. Jehlen Second Middlesex Kay Khan 11th Middlesex 2 of 5 Jay R. Kaufman 15th Middlesex Mary S. Keefe 15th Worcester Peter V. Kocot 1st Hampshire Jason M. Lewis Fifth Middlesex David Paul Linsky 5th Middlesex Jay D. Livingstone 8th Suffolk Elizabeth A. Malia 11th Suffolk Brian R. Mannal 2nd Barnstable Aaron Michlewitz 3rd Suffolk James J. O'Day 14th Worcester Sarah K. Peake 4th Barnstable Jeffrey Sánchez 15th Suffolk Tom Sannicandro 7th Middlesex Ellen Story 3rd Hampshire Kate Hogan 3rd Middlesex Frank I. Smizik 15th Norfolk John W. Scibak 2nd Hampshire Benjamin Swan 11th Hampden Aaron Vega 5th Hampden Chris Walsh 6th Middlesex Gloria L. Fox 7th Suffolk Carolyn C. Dykema 8th Middlesex Evandro C. Carvalho 5th Suffolk Daniel M. Donahue 16th Worcester Steven Ultrino 33rd Middlesex Michelle M. DuBois 10th Plymouth David M. Rogers 24th Middlesex Sal N. DiDomenico Middlesex and Suffolk Carmine L. Gentile 13th Middlesex Jennifer E. Benson 37th Middlesex Alice Hanlon Peisch 14th Norfolk Barbara L'Italien Second Essex and Middlesex Brendan P. Crighton 11th Essex John J. Lawn, Jr. 10th Middlesex Christine P. Barber 34th Middlesex Lori A. Ehrlich 8th Essex Stephen Kulik 1st Franklin Joan B. Lovely Second Essex Michael S. Day 31st Middlesex 3 of 5 Daniel Cullinane 12th Suffolk Paul A. Schmid, III 8th Bristol Theodore C. Speliotis 13th Essex Carlos Gonzalez 10th Hampden Jose F. Tosado 9th Hampden Paul McMurtry 11th Norfolk Daniel J. Ryan 2nd Suffolk 4 of 5 HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3072 FILED ON: 1/16/2015 HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1577 By Representatives Rushing of Boston and Provost of Somerville, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1577) of Byron Rushing and others relative to gender identity and access to public accommodations. The Judiciary. [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION SEE HOUSE, NO. 1589 OF 2013-2014.] The Commonwealth of Massachusetts _______________ In the One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth General Court (2015-2016) _______________ An Act relative to gender identity and nondiscrimination. 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 92A of chapter 272 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby 2 amended by inserting after the word “sex”, in line 9, the following words:- , gender identity. 3 SECTION 2. Said section 92A of said chapter 272, as so appearing, is hereby further 4 amended by inserting the following sentence at the end of the second paragraph:- 5 Any public accommodation including without limitation any entity that offers the 6 provision of goods, services, or access to the public that lawfully segregates or separates access 7 to such public accommodation or other entity based on a person’s sex shall grant all persons 8 admission to and the full enjoyment of such public accommodation or other entity consistent 9 with the person’s gender identity. 5 of 5 10 SECTION 3. Section 98 of said chapter 272, as so appearing, is hereby amended by 11 inserting after the word “sex”, in line 2, the following words:- , gender identity. 12 13 SECTION 4. The term gender identity as used herein shall have the meaning as set forth 14 in clause 59, Section 7 of chapter 4 of the General Laws. 15 16 SECTION 5. The Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, established by 17 section fifty-six of chapter six, is authorized to adopt, promulgate, amend, and rescind rules and 18 regulations or to formulate policies and make recommendations to effectuate the purposes of this 19 Act.