Text of MA H 1708 (2010)
To protect Massachusetts families through equal access to civil marriage.
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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1213 FILED ON: 1/7/2009
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1708
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Byron Rushing
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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 passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act to protect Massachusetts families through equal access to civil marriage.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:
DISTRICT/ADDRESS:
Cory Atkins
14th Middlesex
Ruth B. Balser
12th Middlesex
William N. Brownsberger
24th Middlesex
Cheryl A. Coakley-Rivera
10th Hampden
Steven J. D'Amico
4th Bristol
Linda Dorcena Forry
12th Suffolk
Louis L. Kafka
8th Norfolk
Kay Khan
11th Middlesex
David P. Linsky
5th Middlesex
Elizabeth A. Malia
11th Suffolk
Matthew C. Patrick
3rd Barnstable
Sarah K. Peake
4th Barnstable
Kathi-Anne Reinstein
16th Suffolk
Stanley C. Rosenberg
Hampshire and Franklin
Richard J. Ross
9th Norfolk
Tom Sannicandro
7th Middlesex
John W. Scibak
2nd Hampshire
Carl M. Sciortino, Jr.
34th Middlesex
Theodore C. Speliotis
13th Essex
Benjamin Swan
11th Hampden
Timothy J. Toomey, Jr.
26th Middlesex
Martha M. Walz
8th Suffolk
Alice K. Wolf
25th Middlesex
Patricia D. Jehlen
Second Middlesex
Ellen Story
3rd Hampshire
Gloria L. Fox
7th Suffolk
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1710 OF 2007-2008.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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AN ACT TO PROTECT MASSACHUSETTS FAMILIES THROUGH EQUAL ACCESS TO CIVIL
MARRIAGE
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Chapter 207 is hereby amended by adding the
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following new section:—
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Section 37A. Any person who otherwise meets the eligibility requirements of this chapter may marry any
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other eligible person regardless of gender.
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