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Decadent, shrewd or 180?
Another bill championed by Senate President Karen E. Spilka would have allowed motorists to designate their gender as “X” on a driver’s license. But it was never completed, even as lawmakers blew past a midnight deadline to complete their work, after being saddled by a deluge of Republican amendments in the 11th hour.
The so-called “Gender X” bill, which aims to accommodate those who identify as non-binary, passed the Senate in June, and Spilka touted its prospects when she was formally elected president, saying she was confident it would become law.
About two hours before midnight Tuesday, the House budget committee said it was preparing to release the bill. Then Representative James Lyons, an Andover Republican, filed 29 separate amendments — each one proposing an additional designation, such as neutrois or transgender.
Lyons opposes adding a third gender option — “There’s males and there’s females,” he said Wednesday — and the amendments promised to turn the clock against the bill.
“We have the right to file [amendments],” Lyons said. “And we can debate each amendment for a minimum of 10 minutes.”
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/08/01/beacon-hill-leaves-many-key-bills-out-last-minute-deal-making
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4041151&forum_id=2#36545664)
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