HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3272        FILED ON: 1/18/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2796

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

John C. Velis and Aaron Vega

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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 creating the John McCain prisoner of war day of remembrance.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

John C. Velis

4th Hampden

1/18/2019

Aaron Vega

5th Hampden

1/18/2019

James Arciero

2nd Middlesex

2/1/2019

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

1/29/2019

Shawn Dooley

9th Norfolk

1/29/2019

Michelle M. DuBois

10th Plymouth

1/29/2019

Anne M. Gobi

Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex

1/24/2019

Carlos González

10th Hampden

2/1/2019

Randy Hunt

5th Barnstable

1/22/2019

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

20th Middlesex

1/30/2019

Patrick Joseph Kearney

4th Plymouth

2/1/2019

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf

17th Worcester

2/1/2019

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

1/30/2019

Mathew J. Muratore

1st Plymouth

1/29/2019

Brian W. Murray

10th Worcester

1/30/2019

Jerald A. Parisella

6th Essex

2/1/2019

Elizabeth A. Poirier

14th Bristol

2/1/2019

David Allen Robertson

19th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Paul A. Schmid, III

8th Bristol

1/22/2019

Alan Silvia

7th Bristol

1/22/2019

Todd M. Smola

1st Hampden

1/30/2019

Michael J. Soter

8th Worcester

1/30/2019

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

1/30/2019

José F. Tosado

9th Hampden

1/29/2019

Steven Ultrino

33rd Middlesex

1/29/2019

Bud L. Williams

11th Hampden

1/30/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3272        FILED ON: 1/18/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2796

By Messrs. Velis of Westfield and Vega of Holyoke, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2796) of John C. Velis, Aaron Vega and others for the issuance of an annual proclamation by the Governor to designate March 14th as John McCain prisoner of war day of remembrance.  State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)

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An Act creating the John McCain prisoner of war day of remembrance.

 

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 are hereby amended by adding the following section:-

15CCCCCC. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the fourteenth day of March as John McCain Prisoner of War Day of Remembrance in recognition of the many sacrifices made by Senator John McCain and other prisoners of war throughout American history, and recommending that said day be observed in an appropriate manner by the people.