Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

Chapter 6 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 15OOOO, inserted by chapter 154 of the acts of 2002, the following section:-

Section 15PPPP. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart January 29 as Thomas Paine Day, in honor of one of America's founding fathers, a patriot and the author of the influential "Common Sense", and recommending that the day be observed in an appropriate manner by the people.