http://www.openmass.org/apis/member_bills/78 Thu Nov 20 00:00:00 -0600 2008 Sponsored Bills Petition of Byron Rushing and others ensuring equal access to services for all residents of the Commonwealth. http://www.openmass.org/bills/show/132 Petition of Byron Rushing and others that public offices be prohibited from denying benefits on the grounds of race, color or national origin. http://www.openmass.org/bills/show/578 Petition of Byron Rushing and others for legislation to establish the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination within the office of Administration and Finance. http://www.openmass.org/bills/show/944 Petition of Byron Rushing and others for legislation to establish the office of health equity under the Executive Office of Health and Human Services. http://www.openmass.org/bills/show/3885 Petition of Byron Rushing and others relative to increasing public safety by increasing access to addiction treatment. http://www.openmass.org/bills/show/4132 Petition of Byron Rushing and others for legislation to make it unlawful to discriminate on the basis of height and weight. http://www.openmass.org/bills/show/4273 Petition of Byron Rushing and others for legislation to enable cities and towns to extend voting rights in municipal elections to certain non-citizens of the Commonwealth. http://www.openmass.org/bills/show/4290 Petition of Byron Rushing and others relative to the history of slavery in the Commonwealth and regulating the awarding of certain contracts by public agencies. http://www.openmass.org/bills/show/4368 Petition of Byron Rushing and others relative to protecting tropical forests by restricting state purchases of certain wood products. http://www.openmass.org/bills/show/4369 Petition of Byron Rushing and others relative to the treatment of prisoners. http://www.openmass.org/bills/show/4663 Petition of Byron Rushing and others that the Department of Public Health be directed to establish a program providing for the protection and safety of victims of violence. http://www.openmass.org/bills/show/4700 Petition of Byron Rushing and others relative to investment in companies doing business in Burma. http://www.openmass.org/bills/show/4731 Petition of Byron Rushing and others for an investigation by a special commission (including members of the General Court) relative to the impact of the World Trade Organization and similar international agreements on the Commonwealth. http://www.openmass.org/bills/show/4944 Petition of Byron Rushing and others relative to reviving and continuing the special commission (including members of the General Court) established to make an investigation and study of homelessness in the Commonwealth. http://www.openmass.org/bills/show/4971 Petition of Byron Rushing and others for an investigation by a special commission (including members of the General Court) relative to establishing a new seal and new motto for the Commonwealth. http://www.openmass.org/bills/show/6514 Petition of Byron Rushing and others for legislation to include the providing of spiritual treatment through prayer in lieu of medical treatment as a defense in certain assault and battery upon a child actions. http://www.openmass.org/bills/show/6808 Joint petition of Byron Rushing and others relative to equal access to civil marriage. http://www.openmass.org/bills/show/6809 Petition of Byron Rushing and others relative to the repeal or reform of certain archaic laws. http://www.openmass.org/bills/show/6810 Petition of Byron Rushing and others Relative to appeals of certain parking violations. http://www.openmass.org/bills/show/6985 Petition of Byron Rushing and others for legislation to further regulate the right to strike of public employees. http://www.openmass.org/bills/show/7091