HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2259        FILED ON: 1/19/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2658

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Linda Dean Campbell and Paul Tucker

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to the annual observance of Massachusetts Women’s Defense Corps Remembrance Day.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Linda Dean Campbell

15th Essex

1/19/2017

Gailanne M. Cariddi

1st Berkshire

2/3/2017

Michelle M. DuBois

10th Plymouth

1/31/2017

Denise C. Garlick

13th Norfolk

2/3/2017

Colleen M. Garry

36th Middlesex

2/2/2017

Sheila C. Harrington

1st Middlesex

1/26/2017

Kate Hogan

3rd Middlesex

2/1/2017

Kevin G. Honan

17th Suffolk

1/26/2017

Steven S. Howitt

4th Bristol

1/31/2017

Hannah Kane

11th Worcester

2/3/2017

Shaunna L. O'Connell

3rd Bristol

2/3/2017

Smitty Pignatelli

4th Berkshire

2/1/2017

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

2/3/2017

Steven Ultrino

33rd Middlesex

1/23/2017

Timothy R. Whelan

1st Barnstable

1/31/2017


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2259        FILED ON: 1/19/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2658

By Representatives Campbell of Methuen and Tucker of Salem, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2658) of Linda Dean Campbell and others relative to the annual observance of Massachusetts Women’s Defense Corps remembrance day.  State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 4074 OF 2015-2016.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court
(2017-2018)

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An Act relative to the annual observance of Massachusetts Women’s Defense Corps Remembrance Day.

 

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

Section 1. Chapter 6 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 15BBBBBB the following section:-

Section 15CCCCCC. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart April 2nd  as the Massachusetts Women’s Defense Corps Remembrance Day, in recognition of the generous contributions of the approximately 18,000 women who volunteered to train as air raid wardens, drivers, communications personnel, canteen workers medics, chemical detections personnel and as emergency fire fighters, and recommending that the day be observed in an appropriate manner by the people.