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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2915 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2284 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Tommy Vitolo |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act respecting autonomy in name choice for newly married partners. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Tommy Vitolo15th Norfolk1/19/2023Danillo A. Sena37th Middlesex1/25/2023David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf17th Worcester1/25/2023Simon Cataldo14th Middlesex1/31/2023 1 of 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2915 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2284 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Vitolo of Brookline, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2284) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Tommy Vitolo and others relative to the adoption of names upon marriage. Public Health. |
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| 20 | 20 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 21 | 21 | | _______________ |
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| 22 | 22 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 23 | 23 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | An Act respecting autonomy in name choice for newly married partners. |
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| 26 | 26 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 27 | 27 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 28 | 28 | | 1 Chapter 46 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby |
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| 29 | 29 | | 2amended by striking out section 1D and inserting in place thereof the following section:- |
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| 30 | 30 | | 3 Section 1D . Each party to a marriage may adopt any surname, for example the present |
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| 31 | 31 | | 4or birth-given surname of either party, a previously-used birth-given surname, or any hyphenated |
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| 32 | 32 | | 5combination. Each party to a marriage may also adopt any first name, middle name or any other |
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| 33 | 33 | | 6name. |
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