MA-H4672-2024
Massachusetts · H 4672 · 2024
To ensure legal parentage equality
Pro-LGBTQ+Failed
- Bill key
- MA-H4672-2024
- State
- Massachusetts
- Session
- 2024
- Introduced
- Last recorded status
- introduced
- Citation (Bluebook)
- H. 4672, 193d Gen. Ct. (Mass. 2024), https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/H4672.
- Short citation
- Mass. H. 4672.
- Topics
- Tags
Summary
To ensure legal parentage equality
Curator notes
Legislation replaced by H4750; Replaces legislation S947; adds in inclusive language regarding gender identity and sexual orientation to existing code relating to parentage rights
Sponsors
62 sponsors
| Name | Party | Office | District | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah Peake | Democratic | Representative | HD-04-BAR | Co-sponsor |
| Hannah Kane | Republican | Representative | HD-11-WOR | Co-sponsor |
| Adam Scanlon | Democratic | Representative | HD-14-BRI | Co-sponsor |
| Lindsay Sabadosa | Democratic | Representative | HD-01-HAM | Co-sponsor |
| Samantha Montano | Democratic | Representative | HD-15-SUF | Co-sponsor |
| Steven Owens | Democratic | Representative | HD-29-MID | Co-sponsor |
| Jay Livingstone | Democratic | Representative | HD-08-SUF | Co-sponsor |
| Patricia Duffy | Democratic | Representative | HD-05-HAM | Co-sponsor |
| Mindy Domb | Democratic | Representative | HD-03-HAM | Co-sponsor |
| Susannah Whipps Lee | Independent | Representative | HD-02-FRA | Co-sponsor |
| Tram Nguyen | Democratic | Representative | HD-18-ESS | Co-sponsor |
| Joanne Comerford | Democratic | Senator | SD-HAMPSH | Co-sponsor |
| Ruth Balser | Democratic | Representative | HD-12-MID | Co-sponsor |
| Alice Peisch | Democratic | Representative | HD-14-NOR | Co-sponsor |
| Jack Lewis | Democratic | Representative | HD-07-MID | Co-sponsor |
| Adrianne Ramos | Democratic | Representative | HD-14-ESS | Co-sponsor |
| Jason Lewis | Democratic | Senator | SD-05-MID | Co-sponsor |
| David Linsky | Democratic | Representative | HD-05-MID | Co-sponsor |
| Michael Kushmerek | Democratic | Representative | HD-03-WOR | Co-sponsor |
| Tackey Chan | Democratic | Representative | HD-02-NOR | Co-sponsor |
| Kevin Honan | Democratic | Representative | HD-17-SUF | Co-sponsor |
| Sally Kerans | Democratic | Representative | HD-13-ESS | Co-sponsor |
| William Driscoll | Democratic | Representative | HD-07-NOR | Co-sponsor |
| Jon Santiago | Democratic | Representative | HD-09-SUF | Co-sponsor |
| Thomas Stanley | Democratic | Representative | HD-09-MID | Co-sponsor |
| Mary Keefe | Democratic | Representative | HD-15-WOR | Co-sponsor |
| Tricia Farley-Bouvier | Democratic | Representative | HD-02-BER | Co-sponsor |
| Paul McMurtry | Democratic | Representative | HD-11-NOR | Co-sponsor |
| James Arena-DeRosa | Democratic | Representative | HD-08-MID | Co-sponsor |
| Christine Barber | Democratic | Representative | HD-34-MID | Co-sponsor |
| Rodney Elliott | Democratic | Representative | HD-16-MID | Co-sponsor |
| Adrian Madaro | Democratic | Representative | HD-01-SUF | Co-sponsor |
| Rebecca Rausch | Democratic | Senator | SD-NORFOL | Co-sponsor |
| Kate Lipper-Garabedian | Democratic | Representative | HD-32-MID | Co-sponsor |
| Natalie Higgins | Democratic | Representative | HD-04-WOR | Co-sponsor |
| Paul Feeney | Democratic | Senator | SD-BRISTO | Co-sponsor |
| Tommy Vitolo | Democratic | Representative | HD-15-NOR | Co-sponsor |
| Rob Consalvo | Democratic | Representative | HD-14-SUF | Co-sponsor |
| Danielle Gregoire | Democratic | Representative | HD-04-MID | Co-sponsor |
| Dawne Shand | Democratic | Representative | HD-01-ESS | Co-sponsor |
| Bruce Tarr | Republican | Senator | SD-01-MID | Co-sponsor |
| David Robertson | Democratic | Representative | HD-19-MID | Co-sponsor |
| Julian Cyr | Democratic | Senator | SD-CAPE | Co-sponsor |
| Kay Khan | Democratic | Representative | HD-11-MID | Co-sponsor |
| Margaret Scarsdale | Democratic | Representative | HD-01-MID | Co-sponsor |
| John Barrett | Democratic | Representative | HD-01-BER | Co-sponsor |
| Mike Connolly | Democratic | Representative | HD-26-MID | Co-sponsor |
| Bill MacGregor | Democratic | Representative | HD-10-SUF | Co-sponsor |
| David LeBoeuf | Democratic | Representative | HD-17-WOR | Co-sponsor |
| John Moran | Democratic | Representative | HD-09-SUF | Co-sponsor |
| Ted Philips | Democratic | Representative | HD-08-NOR | Co-sponsor |
| Sean Garballey | Democratic | Representative | HD-23-MID | Co-sponsor |
| Kate Donaghue | Democratic | Representative | HD-19-WOR | Co-sponsor |
| Marjorie Decker | Democratic | Representative | HD-25-MID | Co-sponsor |
| John Rogers | Democratic | Representative | HD-12-NOR | Co-sponsor |
| Aaron Saunders | Democratic | Representative | HD-07-HAM | Co-sponsor |
| Brian Murray | Democratic | Representative | HD-10-WOR | Co-sponsor |
| Carmine Gentile | Democratic | Representative | HD-13-MID | Co-sponsor |
| Jeffrey Roy | Democratic | Representative | HD-10-NOR | Co-sponsor |
| Natalie Blais | Democratic | Representative | HD-01-FRA | Co-sponsor |
| Erika Uyterhoeven | Democratic | Representative | HD-27-MID | Co-sponsor |
| Kimberly Ferguson | Republican | Representative | HD-01-WOR | Co-sponsor |
Status changes
- : introduced → introduced
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Bill text
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