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H1675 • 2025

An Act to advance hate-crime protections for victims who are targeted due to their gender

An Act to advance hate-crime protections for victims who are targeted due to their gender

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Sponsor
Michelle M. DuBois
Last action
2025-10-23
Official status
Accompanied a new draft, see H4636
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to advance hate-crime protections for victims who are targeted due to their gender

An Act to advance hate-crime protections for victims who are targeted due to their gender By Representative DuBois of Brockton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to advance hate-crime protections for victims who are targeted due to their gender By Representative DuBois of Brockton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 1675) of Michelle M.
  • DuBois relative to hate-crime protections for victims targeted due to gender.
  • The Judiciary.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-10-23 House

    Accompanied a new draft, see H4636

  2. 2025-10-20 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 07/15/2025 from 01:00 PM-08:00 PM in A-2

  3. 2025-07-15 Joint

    Hearing rescheduled to 07/15/2025 from 01:00 PM-06:00 PM in A-2 and Virtual Hearing updated to New End Time

  4. 2025-07-15 Joint

    Hearing rescheduled to 07/15/2025 from 01:00 PM-08:00 PM in A-2 and Virtual Hearing updated to New End Time

  5. 2025-07-07 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 07/15/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2

  6. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on The Judiciary

  7. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act to advance hate-crime protections for victims who are targeted due to their gender
By Representative DuBois of Brockton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1675) of Michelle M. DuBois relative to hate-crime protections for victims targeted due to gender. The Judiciary.

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.1675

Section 39 of Chapter 265 of the General Laws as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended in line 4 by inserting after the words “national origin, ” the following: “sex, gender,”

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