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MA H1763
Bill
Status
2/27/2025
Primary Sponsor
Steven Howitt
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AI Summary
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Amends Chapter 151B, Section 1 of Massachusetts General Laws to add a formal definition of "Antisemitism" as definition number 24
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Adopts the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition, which characterizes antisemitism as "a certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred toward Jews"
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Specifies that antisemitism includes both rhetorical and physical manifestations directed toward Jewish or non-Jewish individuals, their property, Jewish community institutions, and religious facilities
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Filed on January 14, 2025 by Representative Steven S. Howitt (4th Bristol) with co-sponsor Todd M. Smola (1st Hampden)
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Similar legislation was previously filed in the 2023-2024 session as House Bill No. 1558
Legislative Description
Relative to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism
Last Action
Reported by committee to Clerk’s Office for processing, will accompany a study order
10/20/2025