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MA H1921

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/27/2025

Primary Sponsor

Tram Nguyen

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Origin

House of Representatives

194th General Court

AI Summary

  • Creates new Chapter 151G in Massachusetts General Laws establishing protections against sexual harassment by professional investors, including banks, venture capital funds, insurance companies, and other financial institutions doing business in the commonwealth

  • Prohibits professional investors from making sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, or other sexual conduct when submission or rejection affects investment decisions, or when such conduct creates an intimidating, hostile, or sexually offensive business environment

  • Allows injured individuals or their employing businesses to sue professional investors for compensatory, incidental, consequential, and punitive damages, plus attorneys' fees and injunctive relief

  • Authorizes the Attorney General to bring enforcement actions against violating professional investors, with investigative powers under Chapter 93A

  • Establishes a 3-year statute of limitations from the last alleged unlawful act, last injury, or when the injured party or Attorney General became aware of the injury

Legislative Description

Relative to sexual harassment

Last Action

Hearing scheduled for 06/17/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2

10/20/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary2/27/2025

Full Bill Text

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