Text of MA S 914 (2024)
Relative to the addition of sex and gender as a protected class category for crime prosecutions
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SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1189 FILED ON: 1/19/2023
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 914
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
William N. Brownsberger
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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 adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to the addition of sex and gender as a protected class category for crime
prosecutions.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:
DISTRICT/ADDRESS:
William N. Brownsberger
Suffolk and Middlesex
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SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1189 FILED ON: 1/19/2023
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 914
By Mr. Brownsberger, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 914) of William N.
Brownsberger for legislation relative to the addition of sex and gender as a protected class
category for crime prosecutions. The Judiciary.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 2453 OF 2021-2022.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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An Act relative to the addition of sex and gender as a protected class category for crime
prosecutions.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
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Section 39 of chapter 265 of the General Laws is hereby amended in subsection (a) by
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inserting after the words “national origin,” the following words:- sex, gender,