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By Mr. Linsky of Natick, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1568) of David Paul Linsky and others for legislation to permit breast-feeding of children in public. The Judiciary. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PETITION OF:
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By Mr. Linsky of Natick, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1568) of David Paul Linsky and others for legislation to permit breast-feeding of children in public. The Judiciary. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PETITION OF:
John D. Keenan
Louis L. Kafka
Ruth B. Balser
Michael E. Festa
Douglas W. Petersen
Martha M. Walz
Alice Hanlon Peisch
Tom Sannicandro
Pamela P. Resor
Jay R. Kaufman
Jennifer L. Flanagan
Brian A. Joyce
J. James Marzilli, Jr.
Susan C. Fargo
Alice K. Wolf
James B. Eldridge
John W. Scibak
Kay Khan
Byron Rushing
Steven A. Baddour
Denise Provost
Patricia D. Jehlen
Cynthia S. Creem
Carl M. Sciortino, Jr.
Ellen Story
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In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.
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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. Section 16 of chapter 272 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 1998 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following sentence:— The act of breast-feeding a child shall not be considered a violation of this section.
SECTION 2. Section 53 of said chapter 272, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following sentence:— The act of breast-feeding a child shall not be considered a violation of this section.
SECTION 3. Said
chapter 272 is hereby further amended by inserting after section 98C the
following section:—
Section 98D. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, any person who is breast-feeding
a child shall be entitled to any and all accommodations, advantages, facilities
and privileges of all public conveyances, public amusements and places of
public accommodation, within the commonwealth, to which other persons are
entitled. Whoever deprives any person who is breast-feeding, of any right
conferred by this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than three
hundred dollars and shall be liable to any person aggrieved thereby for such
damages as are set forth in section five of chapter one hundred and fifty-one
B; provided, however, that such civil forfeiture shall be of an amount not less
than one hundred dollars.