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The legislators listed below have signed on as sponsors of this act for the 2009-10 legislative session. If your Representative or Senator are not listed here, please contact them immediately and ask them to sponsor this act in support of freedom of gender expression and identity for everybody. If either or both are listed here, please let them know that their support is appreciated.
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Representative
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District
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Town(s)
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HB1728 House Co-Sponsors: (84 out of 160)
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Carl Sciortino, Jr.
* Lead sponsor *
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34th Middlesex
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Somerville, Medford
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Byron Rushing
* Lead sponsor *
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9th Suffolk
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Boston
| | Geraldo Alicea
| 6th Worcester
| Charlton, East Brookfield, Oxford, Southbridge, Spencer
| | Willie Mae Allen
| 6th Suffolk
| Boston
| | Brian M. Ashe
| 2nd Hampden
| East Longmeadow, Hampden, Longmeadow, Monson, Springfield
| | Cory Atkins
| 14th Middlesex
| Acton, Carlisle, Chelmsford, Concord
| | Demetrius J. Atsalis
| 2nd Barnstable
| Barnstable, Yarmouth
| | Ruth B. Balser
| 12th Middlesex
| Newton
| | Carlo P. Basile
| 1st Suffolk
| Boston
| | Jennifer Benson
| 37th Middlesex
| Acton, Boxborough, Harvard Lancaster, Lurenberg, Shirley
| | Bill Bowles
| 2nd Bristol
| Attleboro
| | Garrett J. Bradley
| 3rd Plymouth
| Cohasset, Hingham, Hull, Scituate
| | William N. Brownsberger
| 24th Middlesex
| Arlington, Belmont, Cambridge
| | Antonio F. D. Cabral
| 13th Bristol
| New Bedford
| | Linda Dean Campbell
| 15th Essex
| Methuen
| | James Cantwell
| 4th Plymouth
| Marshfield, Scituate
| | Katherine Clark
| 32nd Middlesex
| Melrose, Wakefield
| | Cheryl A. Coakley-Rivera
| 10th Hampden
| Springfield
| | Thomas Conroy
| 13th Middlesex
| Lincoln, Sudbury, Wayland
| | Michael A. Costello
| 1st Essex
| Amesbury, Salisbury, Newburyport
| | Steven J. D'Amico
| 4th Bristol
| Norton, Rehoboth, Seekonk, Swansea
| | Robert A. DeLeo
| 19th Suffolk
| Revere, Winthrop
| | Stephen L. DiNatale
| 3rd Worcester
| Fitchburg
| | Paul J. Donato
| 25th Middlesex
| Malden, Medford
| | Lori Ehrlich
| 8th Essex
| Lynn, Marblehead, Swampscott
| | Mark Falzone
| 9th Essex
| Lynn, Lynnefield, Saugus, Wakefield
| | Ann-Margaret Ferrante
| 5th Essex
| Essex, Gloucester, Rockport
| | Linda Dorcena Forry
| 12th Suffolk
| Milton, Boston
| | Gloria L. Fox
| 7th Suffolk
| Boston
| | Sean Garballey
| 23rd Middlesex
| Arlington, Medford
| | Anne M. Gobi
| 5th Worcester
| Ware, Barre, Brookfield, Hardwick, New Braintree, North Brookfield, Petersham, Phillipston, West Brookfield, Spencer, Templeton
| | Mary E. Grant
| 6th Essex
| Beverly
| | Patricia A. Haddad
| 5th Bristol
| Dighton, Somerset, Swansea, Taunton
| | Lida E. Harkins
| 13th Norfolk
| Dover, Medfield, Needham
| | Jonathan Hecht
| 29th Middlesex
| Watertown, Cambridge
| | Kate Hogan
| 3rd Middlesex
| Bolton, Hudson, Maynard, Stow
| | Kevin G. Honan
| 17th Suffolk
| Boston
| | Louis L. Kafka
| 8th Norfolk
| Mansfield, Sharon, Stoughton, Walpole
| | Jay R. Kaufman
| 15th Middlesex
| Arlington, Lexington, Woburn
| | John D. Keenan
| 7th Essex
| Salem
| | Kay Khan
| 11th Middlesex
| Newton
| | Peter V. Kocot
| 1st Hampshire
| Montgomery, Hatfield, Southampton, Westhampton, Northampton
| | Peter J. Koutoujian
| 10th Middlesex
| Newton, Waltham, Watertown
| | Stephen Kulik
| 1st Franklin
| Conway, Deerfield, Leverett, Montague, New Salem, Shutesbury, Sunderland, Wendell, Whately, Belchertown, Chesterfield, Goshen, Huntington, Pelham, Williamsburg, Worthington
| | Jason Lewis
| 31st Middlesex
| Stoneham, Winchester
| | David P. Linsky
| 5th Middlesex
| Natick, Sherborn, Millis
| | Barbara A. L'Italien
| 18th Essex
| Andover, Boxford, Georgetown, Haverhill, Methuen, North Andover
| | Timothy Madden
| Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket
| Falmouth, Chilmark, Edgartown, Aquinnah, Gosnold, Oak Bluffs, Tisbury, West Tisbury, Nantucket
| | Elizabeth A. Malia
| 11th Suffolk
| Boston
| | Ronald Mariano
| 3rd Norfolk
| Holbrook, Quincy, Weymouth
| | Paul McMurtry
| 11th Norfolk
| Dedham, Walpole, Westwood
| | Aaron M.Michlewitz
| 3rd Suffolk
| Boston
| | Michael J. Moran
| 18th Suffolk
| Brookline, Boston
| | Charles A. Murphy
| 25th Middlesex
| Bedford, Burlington, Wilmington
| | Harold P. Naughton Jr.
| 12th Worcester
| Boylston, Clinton, Northborough, Sterling, Lancaster
| | James J. O'Day
| 14th Worcester
| West Boylston, Worcester
| | Matthew Patrick
| 3rd Barnstable
| Barnstable, Bourne, Falmouth, Mashpee
| | Sarah K. Peake
| 4th Barnstable
| Chatham, Eastham, Harwich, Orleans, Provincetown, Truro, Wellfleet
| | Alice H. Peisch
| 14th Norfolk
| Natick, Weston, Wellesley
| | Denise Provost
| 27th Middlesex
| Somerville
| | Kathi-Anne Reinstein
| 16th Suffolk
| Saugus, Chelsea, Revere
| | Robert L. Rice, Jr.
| 2nd Worcester
| Ashby, Gardner, Ashburnham, Royalston, Winchendon
| | Pam Richardson
| 6th Middlesex
| Framingham
| | John H. Rogers
| 12th Norfolk
| Norwood, Walpole
| | Jeffrey Sánchez
| 15th Suffolk
| Brookline, Boston
| | Rosemary Sandlin
| 3rd Hampden
| Agawam, Southwick, Granville, Russell
| | Tom Sannicandro
| 7th Middlesex
| Ashland, Framingham
| | John W. Scibak
| 2nd Hampshire
| Easthampton, Hadley, South Hadley
| | Stephen Stat Smith
| 28th Middlesex
| Everett, Malden
| | Frank I. Smizik
| 15th Norfolk
| Brookline
| | Theodore C. Speliotis
| 13th Essex
| Danvers Topsfield, Peabody
| | Thomas M. Stanley
| 9th Middlesex
| Lexington, Waltham
| | Ellen Story
| 3rd Hampshire
| Amherst, Granby
| | William M. Straus
| 10th Bristol
| Fairhaven, Marion, Mattapoisett, Rochester, Middleborough
| | David B. Sullivan
| 6th Bristol
| Berkley, Fall River, Freetown
| | Benjamin Swan
| 11th Hampden
| Springfield
| | Stephen A. Tobin
| 2nd Norfolk
| Quincy
| | Timothy J. Toomey, Jr.
| 26th Middlesex
| Cambridge, Somerville
| | Cleon H. Turner
| 1st Barnstable
| Brewster, Dennis, Yarmouth
| | James E. Vallee
| 10th Norfolk
| Franklin, Medway
| | Steven M. Walsh
| 11th Essex
| Lynn, Nahant
| | Martha M. Walz
| 8th Suffolk
| Cambridge, Boston
| | James T. Welch
| 6th Hampden
| Chicopee, Springfield, West Springfield
| | Alice K. Wolf
| 25 Middlesex
| Cambridge
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Senate Co-Sponsors: (21 out of 40)
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Benjamin B. Downing
* Lead sponsor *
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Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin
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Adams, Alford, Ashfield, Becket, Charlemont, Cheshire, Chesterfield, Clarksburg, Conway, Cummington, Dalton, Egremont, Florida, Goshen, Great Barrington, Hancock, Hawley, Heath, Hinsdale, Huntington, Lanesborough, Lee, Lenox, Middlefield, Monroe, Monterey, Mount Washington, New Ashford, New Marlborough, North Addams, Otis, Peru, Pittsfield, Plainfield, Richmond, Rowe, Sandisfield, Savoy, Sheffield, Stockbridge, Tyringham, Washington, West Stockbridge, Westhampton, Williamsburg, Williamstown, Windsor, Worthington
| | Stephen J. Buoniconti
| Hampden
| Chicopee, Springfield, Agawam, West Springfield
| | Harriette L. Chandler
| 1st Worcester
| Worcester, Berlin, Boylston, Clinton, Holden, Northborough, Paxton, Princeton, West Boylston
| | Sonia Chang-Diaz
| 2nd Suffolk
| Boston
| | Cynthia Stone Creem
| 1st Middlesex, Norfolk
| Newton, Brookline, Wellesley
| | Kenneth J. Donelly
| 4th Middlesex
| Woburn, Arlington, Billerica, Burlington, Lexington
| | James B. Eldridge
| Middlesex, Worcester
| Marlborough, Acton, Ayer, Boxborough, Hudson, Littleton, Maynard, Shirley, Stow, Sudbury, Harvard, Northborough, Southborough, Westborough
| | Sen. Susan C. Fargo
| 3rd Middlesex
| Waltham, Bedford, Carlisle, Chelmsford, Concord, Lexington, Lincoln, Sudbury, Weston
| | Patricia D. Jehlen
| 2nd Middlesex
| Medford, Somerville, Woburn, Winchester
| | Brian A. Joyce
| Norfolk, Bristol, Plymouth
| Avon, Braintree, Canton, Milton, Randolph, Sharon, Stoughton, Easton, East Bridgewater, West Bridgewater
| | Thomas P. Kennedy
| 2nd Plymouth, Bristol
| Brockton, East Bridgewater, Halifa, Hanover, Hanson, Whitman, Easton
| | Michael R. Knapik
| 2nd Hampden, Hampshire
| Chicopee, Holyoke, Westfield, Blandford, Chester, Granville, Montgomery, Russell, Southwick, Tolland, Easthampton, Southampton
| | Thomas M. McGee
| 3rd Essex, Middlesex
| Lynn, Marblehead, Nahant, Saugus, Swampscott, Melrose
| | Mark C. Montigny
| 2nd Bristol, Plymouth
| New Bedford, Acushnet, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, Mattapoisett
| | Anthony W. Petruccelli
| 1st Suffolk, Middlesex
| Boston, Revere, Winthrop, Cambridge
| | Stanley C. Rosenberg
| Hampshire, Franklin
| Northampton, Amherst, Belchertown, Hadley, Hatfield, Pelham and South Hadley, Bernardston, Buckland, Colrain, Deerfield, Erving, Gill, Greenfield, Leverett, Leyden, Montague, New Salem, Northfield, Shelburne, Shutesbury, Sunderland, Wendell, Whately
| | Karen E. Spilka
| 2nd Middlesex, Norfolk
| Ashland, Framingham, Holliston, Hopkinton, Natick, Franklin, Medway
| | Susan C. Tucker
| 2nd Essex, Middlesex
| Lawrence, Andover, Dracut, Tewksbury
| | Richard R. Tisei
| Middlesex, Essex
| Malden, Melrose, Reading, Stoneham, Wakefield, Lynnfield
| | Marian Walsh
| Suffolk, Norfolk
| Boston, Dedham, Norwood, Westwood
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