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As Equality Act is debated in D.C., gender equality-focused bills collect support at State House
The Massachusetts State House in Boston FILE PHOTO
Published: 3/16/2021 8:45:43 PM
BOSTON – As Congress debates passing a landmark bill to bar discrimination based on gender identity, Massachusetts lawmakers are looking to expand protections already on the books.
”The Equality Act,” passed by the U.S. House on Feb. 25, would amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964, adding language that would ban discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
The protections would apply to the workplace, federal programs and public housing, among other facets of life for LGBTQ Americans. It would essentially codify and build on the 2020 Supreme Court Bostock v. Clayton County ruling that found parts of the Civil Rights Act covered gay, lesbian and transgender citizens when it came to workplace discrimination on the basis of a person’s sex.
Beacon Hill Roll Call: Feb. 22 to Feb. 26, 2021
Modified: 3/5/2021 2:16:47 PM
Beacon Hill Roll Call records local representatives’ votes on five roll calls from the week of Feb. 22 to Feb. 26. All roll calls are from debate on the adoption of the joint House-Senate rules under which the two branches will operate in 2021 to 2022. There were no roll calls in the Senate last week.
Adopt joint rules package (H 68) The House, 128 to 31, approved a set of joint rules under which the House and Senate will operate in the 2021 to 2022 session. “The joint rules package that is before all of us will allow all of us to work more efficiently and will clarify some of our existing procedures,” said Rep. Bill Galvin, D-Canton, on the House floor during debate. “Our Legislature reviews thousands of bill every session. It is primarily our joint committees that are responsible for fully vetting these proposals and must give every bill they receive a public hearing. The joint rules help
Beacon Hill Roll Call: Feb. 22 to Feb. 26, 2021
Published: 3/5/2021 2:16:31 PM
Beacon Hill Roll Call records local representatives’ votes on five roll calls from the week of Feb. 22 to Feb. 26. All roll calls are from debate on the adoption of the joint House-Senate rules under which the two branches will operate in 2021 to 2022. There were no roll calls in the Senate last week.
Adopt joint rules package (H 68) The House, 128 to 31, approved a set of joint rules under which the House and Senate will operate in the 2021 to 2022 session. “The joint rules package that is before all of us will allow all of us to work more efficiently and will clarify some of our existing procedures,” said Rep. Bill Galvin, D-Canton, on the House floor during debate. “Our Legislature reviews thousands of bill every session. It is primarily our joint committees that are responsible for fully vetting these proposals and must give every bill they receive a public hearing. The joint rules help
THE HOUSE AND SENATE
Beacon Hill Roll Call records local representatives’ and senators’ votes on roll calls from the week of Dec. 28, 2020, to Jan. 1, 2021.
OVERRIDE BAKER’S VETO OF BILL TO INCREASE ABORTION ACCESS (H 5179)
House 107-50, Senate 32-8, overrode Gov. Charlie Baker’s veto of a bill that would allow abortions after 24 weeks in the case of lethal fetal anomalies and lower the age from 18 to 16 at which a minor can choose to have an abortion without parental or judicial consent.
“I strongly support a woman’s right to access reproductive health care, and many provisions of this bill,” said Baker in a letter that accompanied his veto. “I support, for example, the provision that would enable a woman to access an abortion where the child would not survive after birth, and the modifications to the judicial bypass process that make it more accessible to minors who are unable to obtain the consent of a parent or guardian. I also support the changes that elimina
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