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Committee hears testimony urging law to ban height and weight discrimination
Joint Committee on the Judiciary · November 25, 2025
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Summary
Medical students, disability advocates and civil‑rights groups testified in favor of H.1919/S.1249 to add height and weight to protected classes, describing discrimination in health care, schools, employment and public accommodations.
Doctors, medical students, disability advocates and people with lived experience urged the Judiciary Committee to add height and weight to Massachusetts protected‑class law and to give victims a statutory remedy.
"Discrimination based on weight happens in all aspects of a person's life," testified Brandy Solovey (legal…
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