Text of MA H 2281 (2018)

1 of 2 HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2155 FILED ON: 1/19/2017 HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2281 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 adoption of the accompanying bill: An Act relative to privacy and safety in public accommodations. _______________ PETITION OF: NAME: DISTRICT/ADDRESS: Colleen M. Garry 36th Middlesex 2 of 2 HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2155 FILED ON: 1/19/2017 HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2281 By Miss Garry of Dracut, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2281) of Colleen M. Garry 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. 1320 OF 2015-2016.] The Commonwealth of Massachusetts _______________ In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court (2017-2018) _______________ 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 2014 2 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out and replacing with 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.