Text of MA H 1589 (2014)

HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1172 FILED ON: 1/16/2013 HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1589 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts _________________ PRESENTED BY: Byron Rushing and Carl M. Sciortino, Jr. _______________ 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 equal access in hospitals, public transportation, nursing homes, supermarkets, retail establishments, and all other places open to the public. _______________ PETITION OF: NAME: DISTRICT/ADDRESS: Byron Rushing 9th Suffolk Carl M. Sciortino, Jr. 34th Middlesex Sonia Chang-Diaz Second Suffolk Benjamin B. Downing Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden Denise Andrews 2nd Franklin Cory Atkins 14th Middlesex Ruth B. Balser 12th Middlesex Michael Barrett Third Middlesex William N. Brownsberger Second Suffolk and Middlesex Paul Brodeur 32nd Middlesex Gailanne M. Cariddi 1st Berkshire Cheryl A. Coakley-Rivera 10th Hampden Thomas P. Conroy 13th Middlesex James B. Eldridge Middlesex and Worcester Tricia Farley-Bouvier 3rd Berkshire Sean Garballey 23rd Middlesex Kenneth I. Gordon 21st Middlesex Danielle W. Gregoire 4th Middlesex Jonathan Hecht 29th Middlesex Carlos Henriquez 5th Suffolk Paul R. Heroux 2nd Bristol Kevin G. Honan 17th Suffolk Patricia D. Jehlen Second Middlesex Jay R. Kaufman 15th Middlesex Mary S. Keefe 15th Worcester Kay Khan 11th Middlesex Peter V. Kocot 1st Hampshire Jason M. Lewis 31st Middlesex David Paul Linsky 5th Middlesex 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 Denise Provost 27th Middlesex Jeffrey Sánchez 15th Suffolk Tom Sannicandro 7th Middlesex John W. Scibak 2nd Hampshire Frank I. Smizik 15th Norfolk Ellen Story 3rd Hampshire Benjamin Swan 11th Hampden Aaron Vega 5th Hampden Chris Walsh 6th Middlesex Martha M. Walz 8th Suffolk Kate Hogan 3rd Middlesex Gloria L. Fox 7th Suffolk HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1172 FILED ON: 1/16/2013 HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1589 By Messrs. Rushing of Boston and Sciortino of Medford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1589) of Byron Rushing and others relative to gender identity and access to public accommodations. The Judiciary. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts _______________ In the Year Two Thousand Thirteen _______________ An Act relative to equal access in hospitals, public transportation, nursing homes, supermarkets, retail establishments, and all other places open to the public. 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. 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.