MA H1470

Bill

Protecting LGBTQ victims

Introduced
03/29/2021

In Committee
03/29/2021

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2022

Introduced Session

192nd General Court

Bill Summary

For legislation to protect persons victimized due to perceived sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, or sex assigned at birth. The Judiciary.

AI Summary

This bill aims to protect LGBTQ individuals who are victims of crimes. It prohibits defendants from using the discovery or knowledge of the victim's sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, or sex assigned at birth as a justification for using force against the victim. It also prohibits defendants from claiming sudden passion, heat of blood, or other mitigating factors if they are based on the victim's LGBTQ status. Additionally, the bill states that a defendant cannot claim a mental impairment due to the discovery of the victim's LGBTQ status. The bill also requires the court to instruct juries to disregard biases or prejudices related to the victim's LGBTQ status when reaching a verdict. However, the bill allows for the admission of evidence of prior trauma to the defendant as a potential justification or mitigation of the offense.

Committee Categories

Justice

Sponsors (26)

Natalie Blais (D)*, Jamie Belsito (D), Mike Connolly (D), Mindy Domb (D), Pat Duffy (D), Tricia Farley-Bouvier (D), Jessica Giannino (D), Carlos González (D), Tami Gouveia (D), Natalie Higgins (D), Vanna Howard (D), Patrick Kearney (D), Mike Kushmerek (D), Eric Lesser (D), Jack Lewis (D), Kate Lipper-Garabedian (D), Paul Mark (D), Jake Oliveira (D), Steve Owens (D), Sarah Peake (D), Dave Rogers (D), Lindsay Sabadosa (D), Dan Sena (D), Walter Timilty (D), Paul Tucker (D), Tommy Vitolo (D),

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see H4844 (on 06/09/2022)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H1470

(19 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H1470
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H1470.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1188	To protect consumers in the issuance of automobile insurance policies and bonds	Accompanied a study order, see H5003	Similar To
H1861	Concerning payments on personal injury protection benefit claims	Accompanied a study order, see H4844	Similar To
H1870	Relative to the protection of persons with disabilities	No further action taken	Similar To
H4005	Relative to the water supply protection trust	Chapter 66 of the Acts of 2021	Similar To
H4844	Study Order	Discharged to the committee on House Rules	Replaced by
H858	Regarding a farmland protection and viability action plan	Accompanied a study order, see H5041	Similar To
S1072	Providing protection from child enticement	Accompanied a study order, see S2665	Similar To
S1074	To protect the privacy of 911 callers	Accompanied H1513	Similar To
S1130	Protecting bank employees and customers	Accompanied a study order, see S2665	Similar To
S1247	Regarding protections extended to lay teachers in parochial schools	Accompanied a new draft, see S2719	Similar To
S1521	Relative to liability protection for disaster volunteers	Accompanied a study order, see S2692	Similar To
S180	Relative to consumer protection on online automobile franchise transactions	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S191	Relative to unsolicited loans	Accompanied a study order, see S2666	Similar To
S2146	Promoting net neutrality and consumer protection	Accompanied a study order, see S2715	Similar To
S2314	To update the Massachusetts rideshare program	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S2695	Relative to pharmaceutical access, costs and transparency	No further action taken	Similar To
S613	Protecting research animals	Accompanied H901	Similar To
S937	To end child marriage in Massachusetts	Accompanied a study order, see S2976	Similar To
S956	Protecting LGBTQ victims	Accompanied a study order, see S2665	Similar To

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