I have good news to report on the Counseling Ban legislation! Both the MA House and Senate held their final formal sessions for 2017 this week and the bill did NOT come out of committee for a vote. This means that the bill cannot be voted on until 2018 at the earliest. While the inner […]
UPDATE: As we communicated with legislators throughout the day today, we started getting word that the Counseling Ban vote was being delayed. By late this afternoon, we had confirmation that the bill has moved out of committee with a new number, HB 4014, but the earliest it will come up is now Monday. This tells […]
On October 27th, the Massachusetts State Senate voted 27 to 10 to exempt “unnatural sexual intercourse” from the state’s child rape law. See the listing below to find out how your senator voted (if you don’t know who your senator is click here to find out). Sen. Barrett, Michael (D) yea Sen. Boncore, Joseph (D) yea […]