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MA H1713

MA H1713
To ensure legal parentage equality

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Introduced
02/16/2023
In Committee
02/16/2023
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
12/31/2024

Introduced Session

193rd General Court

Bill Summary

For legislation to provide that every child have the same rights and protections under law as any other child without regard to the marital status, gender, gender identity, or sexual orientation of the parent or parents. The Judiciary.

AI Summary

This bill aims to ensure legal parentage equality for all children, regardless of the marital status, gender, gender identity, or sexual orientation of the parent or parents. Key provisions include: - Changing the title of the relevant law from "Children Born Out of Wedlock" to "Nonmarital Children and Parentage of Children" to reflect the bill's goal of ensuring equal rights and protections for all children. - Establishing that a parent-child relationship can be established through various means, including birth, presumption, adjudication, adoption, acknowledgment, de facto parentage, assisted reproduction, and surrogacy. - Allowing voluntary acknowledgments of parentage by the person who gave birth and a presumed or intended parent. - Providing detailed rules for overcoming presumptions of parentage, adjudicating competing claims of parentage, and establishing parentage through assisted reproduction and surrogacy. - Authorizing courts to adjudicate parentage and order amended birth certificates to reflect the intended parents in cases of assisted reproduction or surrogacy, even before the child is born. Overall, the bill aims to ensure that all children have the same legal rights and protections, regardless of the circumstances of their birth or the gender identity, sexual orientation, or marital status of their parents.

Committee Categories

Justice

Sponsors (61)

Hannah Kane (R)*,  Sarah Peake (D)*,  James Arena-Derosa (D),  Ruth Balser (D),  Christine Barber (D),  John Barrett (D),  Natalie Blais (D),  Tackey Chan (D),  Jo Comerford (D),  Mike Connolly (D),  Rob Consalvo (D),  Julian Cyr (D),  Marjorie Decker (D),  Mindy Domb (D),  Kate Donaghue (D),  William Driscoll Jr. (D),  Pat Duffy (D),  Rodney Elliott (D),  Tricia Farley-Bouvier (D),  Paul Feeney (D),  Kim Ferguson (R),  Sean Garballey (D),  Carmine Gentile (D),  Danielle Gregoire (D),  Natalie Higgins (D),  Kevin Honan (D),  Mary Keefe (D),  Sally Kerans (D),  Kay Khan (D),  Mike Kushmerek (D),  David LeBoeuf (D),  Jack Lewis (D),  Jason Lewis (D),  David Linsky (D),  Kate Lipper-Garabedian (D),  Billy MacGregor (D),  Adrian Madaro (D),  Paul McMurtry (D),  Sam Montaño (D),  John Moran (D),  Brian Murray (D),  Tram Nguyen (D),  Steve Owens (D),  Alice Peisch (D),  Ted Philips (D),  Adrianne Ramos (D),  Becca Rausch (D),  Dave Robertson (D),  John Rogers (D),  Jeff Roy (D),  Lindsay Sabadosa (D),  Jon Santiago (D),  Aaron Saunders (D),  Adam Scanlon (D),  Margaret Scarsdale (D),  Dawne Shand (D),  Tom Stanley (D),  Bruce Tarr (R),  Erika Uyterhoeven (D),  Tommy Vitolo (D),  Susannah Whipps (I), 

Last Action

Accompanied a new draft, see H4672 (on 05/28/2024)
(3 Companion Bills)

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Document Type Source Location
State Bill Page https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/H1713
BillText https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/H1713.pdf
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