Bill Text: MA H176 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Replace the words mental retardation in the General Laws with the words developmental disabilities"
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-07-22 - Amended by substitution of a bill with the same title, see H04922 [H176 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H176-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Tom Sannicandro
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To the
Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act To eliminate the use of the word retardation from the general laws.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Tom Sannicandro |
7th Middlesex |
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Katherine Clark |
32nd Middlesex |
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Barbara A. L'Italien |
18th Essex |
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Gloria L. Fox |
7th Suffolk |
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Louis L. Kafka |
8th Norfolk |
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Matthew C. Patrick |
3rd Barnstable |
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Robert L. Rice, Jr. |
2nd Worcester |
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John W. Scibak |
2nd Hampshire |
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James B. Eldridge |
Middlesex and Worcester |
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David P. Linsky |
5th Middlesex |
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Cleon H. Turner |
1st Barnstable |
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Paul McMurtry |
11th Norfolk |
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Martha M. Walz |
8th Suffolk |
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John D. Keenan |
7th Essex |
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James M. Murphy |
4th Norfolk |
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Geraldo Alicea |
6th Worcester |
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Cory Atkins |
14th Middlesex |
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Mary E. Grant |
6th Essex |
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Ellen Story |
3rd Hampshire |
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Martha M. Walz |
8th Suffolk |
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Bruce E. Tarr |
First Essex and Middlesex |
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Thomas P. Conroy |
13th Middlesex |
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Katherine Clark |
32nd Middlesex |
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Kathi-Anne Reinstein |
16th Suffolk |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS
SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1899 OF 2007-2008.]
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act To eliminate the use of the word retardation from the
general laws.
Be
it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the Massachusetts General Laws as appearing in the 2004 official edition are hereby amended by striking out the words “mental retardation” and replacing thereof with the words “developmental disabilities.”
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
