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The 193rd General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Bill HD.5141 191st (2019 - 2020)

An Act to make Juneteenth Independence Day a state holiday

By Representatives Robinson of Framingham and Williams of Springfield, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Maria Duaime Robinson, Bud L. Williams and others for legislation to designate Juneteenth Independence Day as a legal holiday in the Commonwealth. The Judiciary.

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Bill Information

Presenters:
Maria Duaime Robinson , Bud L. Williams
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Rules

Petitioners

Name District/Address
Maria Duaime Robinson 6th Middlesex
Bud L. Williams 11th Hampden
Mindy Domb 3rd Hampshire
Brendan P. Crighton Third Essex
Joanne M. Comerford Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester
Sonia Chang-Diaz Second Suffolk
Jack Patrick Lewis 7th Middlesex
Sal N. DiDomenico Middlesex and Suffolk
Harriette L. Chandler First Worcester
Patricia D. Jehlen Second Middlesex
Patrick M. O'Connor Plymouth and Norfolk
Rebecca L. Rausch Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex
Jason M. Lewis Fifth Middlesex
Gerard J. Cassidy 9th Plymouth
Tami L. Gouveia 14th Middlesex
Kevin G. Honan 17th Suffolk
David T. Vieira 3rd Barnstable
Kay Khan 11th Middlesex
James B. Eldridge Middlesex and Worcester
Christina A. Minicucci 14th Essex
Elizabeth A. Malia 11th Suffolk
Natalie M. Blais 1st Franklin
Carolyn C. Dykema 8th Middlesex
Natalie M. Higgins 4th Worcester
Tram T. Nguyen 18th Essex
Michael J. Barrett Third Middlesex
Susan L. Moran Plymouth and Barnstable
Diana DiZoglio First Essex
Bradley H. Jones, Jr. 20th Middlesex
Marcos A. Devers 16th Essex
Walter F. Timilty Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth
Harold P. Naughton, Jr. 12th Worcester
Timothy R. Whelan 1st Barnstable
Carol A. Doherty 3rd Bristol
Aaron Vega 5th Hampden
Denise Provost 27th Middlesex
Adrian C. Madaro 1st Suffolk
Sean Garballey 23rd Middlesex
Louis L. Kafka 8th Norfolk
Edward J. Kennedy First Middlesex
James M. Murphy 4th Norfolk
Sarah K. Peake 4th Barnstable
Alan Silvia 7th Bristol
Daniel R. Carey 2nd Hampshire
Joan Meschino 3rd Plymouth
David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf 17th Worcester
David Paul Linsky 5th Middlesex
Carmine Lawrence Gentile 13th Middlesex
Paul F. Tucker 7th Essex
Antonio F. D. Cabral 13th Bristol
Andres X. Vargas 3rd Essex
Daniel R. Cullinane 12th Suffolk
Josh S. Cutler 6th Plymouth
Kathleen R. LaNatra 12th Plymouth
Bruce E. Tarr First Essex and Middlesex
Dean A. Tran Worcester and Middlesex
Tommy Vitolo 15th Norfolk
John H. Rogers 12th Norfolk
Paul R. Feeney Bristol and Norfolk
Mark C. Montigny Second Bristol and Plymouth
Hannah Kane 11th Worcester
Daniel J. Ryan 2nd Suffolk
William M. Straus 10th Bristol
Kate Hogan 3rd Middlesex
Denise C. Garlick 13th Norfolk
Jonathan Hecht 29th Middlesex
James M. Kelcourse 1st Essex
Susan Williams Gifford 2nd Plymouth
Thomas M. Stanley 9th Middlesex
William C. Galvin 6th Norfolk
Mary S. Keefe 15th Worcester
William J. Driscoll, Jr. 7th Norfolk
Ann-Margaret Ferrante 5th Essex
José F. Tosado 9th Hampden
James Arciero 2nd Middlesex
Mike Connolly 26th Middlesex
Ruth B. Balser 12th Middlesex
Lindsay N. Sabadosa 1st Hampshire
Mathew J. Muratore 1st Plymouth
Patrick Joseph Kearney 4th Plymouth
Michelle M. DuBois 10th Plymouth
Michelle L. Ciccolo 15th Middlesex
David K. Muradian, Jr. 9th Worcester
Joseph D. McKenna 18th Worcester

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