Boston City Councilor Ed Flynn walked from City Hall to the State House on Friday to hand deliver a resolution supporting a bill that would make it a crime for rideshare drivers to have sex with their passengers. The Boston City Council passed the resolution earlier this week, citing 5 Investigates’ reporting showing how current state law is letting rideshare drivers get away with rape.Flynn gave the resolution to an aide for state Sen. Becca Rausch, who sponsored the Senate version of the bill. The House version is sponsored by Rep. William Galvin, D-Canton.”I wanted to say thank you to Senator Rausch for the work she has done on this. It is an important piece of legislation. I wanted to let her know and her team know that the city council stands behind this proposed legislation,” Flynn said.In a statement, Rausch said, “I greatly appreciated the attention and sensitivity (Sen. Lydia Edwards, chairperson of the Joint Committee on the Judiciary) gave to the brave survivors who testified at the hearing on this bill, and to the bill content generally. The legislation provides a significant and critical change to our existing law to better protect and empower women.”Rausch said she is hoping for a favorable report on the bill in the coming weeks.
Boston City Councilor Ed Flynn walked from City Hall to the State House on Friday to hand deliver a resolution supporting a bill that would make it a crime for rideshare drivers to have sex with their passengers.
The Boston City Council passed the resolution earlier this week, citing 5 Investigates’ reporting showing how current state law is letting rideshare drivers get away with rape.
Flynn gave the resolution to an aide for state Sen. Becca Rausch, who sponsored the Senate version of the bill. The House version is sponsored by Rep. William Galvin, D-Canton.
“I wanted to say thank you to Senator Rausch for the work she has done on this. It is an important piece of legislation. I wanted to let her know and her team know that the city council stands behind this proposed legislation,” Flynn said.
In a statement, Rausch said, “I greatly appreciated the attention and sensitivity (Sen. Lydia Edwards, chairperson of the Joint Committee on the Judiciary) gave to the brave survivors who testified at the hearing on this bill, and to the bill content generally. The legislation provides a significant and critical change to our existing law to better protect and empower women.”
Rausch said she is hoping for a favorable report on the bill in the coming weeks.
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