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The 193rd General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Resolve H.2799 191st (2019 - 2020)

Resolve providing for the erection in the house chamber of a memorial containing the text of the address which Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. delivered to a joint convention of the 2 branches of the General Court on April 22, 1965

By Mr. Williams of Springfield, a petition (accompanied by resolve, House, No. 2799) of Bud L. Williams and others providing that the superintendent of the Bureau of State Office Buildings be authorized to erect a plaque, in the House Chamber, commemorating a portion of the address Martin Luther King, Jr., gave to a joint convention of the General Court on April 22, 1965. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.

Bill Information

Presenter:
Bud L. Williams

Resolve History

Displaying 17 actions for Resolve H.2799
Date Branch Action
1/22/2019 House Referred to the committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight
1/22/2019 Senate Senate concurred
4/30/2019 Joint Hearing scheduled for 05/07/2019 from 01:00 PM-03:00 PM in 437
10/28/2019 House Resolve reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
12/19/2019 House Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
12/19/2019 House Rules suspended
12/19/2019 House Read second and ordered to a third reading
12/23/2019 House Read third and passed to be engrossed
12/26/2019 Senate Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Rules
7/23/2020 Senate Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
7/23/2020 Senate Rules suspended
7/23/2020 Senate Read second and ordered to a third reading
7/23/2020 Senate Passed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #244 (Yeas 40 to Nays 0)
7/23/2020 Senate Read third
7/27/2020 House Enacted - 159 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY in Supplement, No. 228)
7/28/2020 Senate Enacted and laid before the Governor
8/4/2020 Executive Signed by the Governor, Chapter 1 of the Resolves of 2020

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