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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2509 FILED ON: 1/19/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1683
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Samantha Montaño
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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 to stop profiling transgender people and low-income women.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Samantha Montaño15th Suffolk1/19/2023Vanna Howard17th Middlesex2/2/2023 1 of 1
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2509 FILED ON: 1/19/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1683
By Representative Montaño of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1683) of
Samantha Montaño and Vanna Howard relative to transgender people and low-income women
and the penalties for certain offenses. The Judiciary.
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 to stop profiling transgender people and low-income women.
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 53 of Chapter 272 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020
2Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 1-2, the words “Common night
3walkers, common street walkers, both male and female,”.
4 SECTION 2. Section 62 of Chapter 272 of the General Laws is hereby repealed.
5 SECTION 3. Chapter 94C is hereby amended by inserting after section 34A the
6following section:-
7 Section 34B: Any person who, in good faith, reports a crime shall not be charged or
8prosecuted for (i) possession of a controlled substance under section 34, (ii) sex for fee under
9chapter 272 section 53A subsections (a) or (b), or found in violation of a condition of probation
10or pretrial release as determined by a court or a condition of parole, as determined by the parole
11board if the evidence for the above enumerated offenses was gained as a result of reporting a
12crime.