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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1163 FILED ON: 1/14/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3355 |
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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 | | Steven S. Howitt |
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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 relative to prohibiting discrimination in public accommodations. |
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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:Steven S. Howitt4th Bristol1/14/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1163 FILED ON: 1/14/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3355 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Howitt of Seekonk, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3355) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Steven S. Howitt relative to the reasons for debarment from the consolidated list of contractors |
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| 20 | 20 | | for public contracts. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 3054 OF 2023-2024.] |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act relative to prohibiting discrimination in public accommodations. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 SECTION 1. Clause (1) of subsection (c) of Section 29F of Chapter 29 of the General |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3“or”, in line 82, the following:- |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4 “(xi) a violation of any state or federal law prohibiting discrimination in public |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5accommodations; or” |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6 SECTION 2. Clause (2) of subsection (c) of Section 29F of Chapter 29 of the General |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition is hereby amended by striking subclause (v), in |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8lines 97 to 100, and inserting in place there of the following:- 2 of 2 |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9 “(v) adopted policies against any sovereign nation or peoples recognized by the |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10government of the United States which are used to discriminate in violation of any state or |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11federal law prohibiting discrimination in public accommodations or employment; (vi) any other |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12cause affecting the responsibility of a contractor which the secretary or the commissioner |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13determines to be of such serious and compelling nature as to warrant debarment” |
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