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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Bradley H. Jones, Jr. and Richard M. Haggerty

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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 establishing a distinctive registration plate for Medal of Liberty recipients.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

20th Middlesex

12/18/2019

Richard M. Haggerty

30th Middlesex

1/6/2020

Marc R. Pacheco

First Plymouth and Bristol

1/2/2020

Maria Duaime Robinson

6th Middlesex

1/2/2020

Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr.

5th Worcester

1/2/2020

Alyson M. Sullivan

7th Plymouth

1/2/2020

Todd M. Smola

1st Hampden

1/2/2020

David K. Muradian, Jr.

9th Worcester

1/2/2020

James M. Kelcourse

1st Essex

1/2/2020

Nicholas A. Boldyga

3rd Hampden

1/2/2020

Hannah Kane

11th Worcester

1/2/2020

Mathew J. Muratore

1st Plymouth

1/2/2020

Ryan C. Fattman

Worcester and Norfolk

1/2/2020

Colleen M. Garry

36th Middlesex

1/2/2020

Jason M. Lewis

Fifth Middlesex

1/2/2020

Shawn Dooley

9th Norfolk

1/2/2020

Joseph D. McKenna

18th Worcester

1/2/2020

Susan Williams Gifford

2nd Plymouth

1/2/2020

Kimberly N. Ferguson

1st Worcester

1/2/2020

Peter J. Durant

6th Worcester

1/2/2020

William L. Crocker, Jr.

2nd Barnstable

1/3/2020

Timothy R. Whelan

1st Barnstable

1/3/2020

Steven S. Howitt

4th Bristol

1/3/2020

Sheila C. Harrington

1st Middlesex

1/6/2020

John C. Velis

4th Hampden

1/6/2020

Julian Cyr

Cape and Islands

1/6/2020

Bradford Hill

4th Essex

1/7/2020

Carole A. Fiola

6th Bristol

1/8/2020

Donald H. Wong

9th Essex

1/8/2020

Alan Silvia

7th Bristol

1/8/2020

David T. Vieira

3rd Barnstable

1/8/2020

F. Jay Barrows

1st Bristol

1/8/2020

Elizabeth A. Poirier

14th Bristol

1/8/2020

Paul K. Frost

7th Worcester

1/8/2020

Angelo L. D'Emilia

8th Plymouth

1/8/2020

Marc T. Lombardo

22nd Middlesex

1/8/2020

Brian W. Murray

10th Worcester

1/8/2020

David Allen Robertson

19th Middlesex

1/8/2020

David F. DeCoste

5th Plymouth

1/8/2020

Randy Hunt

5th Barnstable

1/9/2020

Carlos González

10th Hampden

1/9/2020

Norman J. Orrall

12th Bristol

1/9/2020

Carmine Lawrence Gentile

13th Middlesex

1/9/2020

Carolyn C. Dykema

8th Middlesex

1/9/2020

Denise C. Garlick

13th Norfolk

1/9/2020

Patrick Joseph Kearney

4th Plymouth

1/9/2020

Lenny Mirra

2nd Essex

1/9/2020

Michael J. Soter

8th Worcester

1/9/2020

Sean Garballey

23rd Middlesex

1/9/2020

Patricia A. Haddad

5th Bristol

1/9/2020

Smitty Pignatelli

4th Berkshire

1/9/2020


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4731        FILED ON: 1/2/2020

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By Messrs. Jones of North Reading and Haggerty of Woburn, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Bradley H. Jones, Jr., Richard M. Haggerty and others for legislation to authorize the Registry of Motor Vehicles to issue distinctive registration plates for Medal of Liberty recipients.  Transportation.

 

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 establishing a distinctive registration plate for Medal of Liberty recipients.

 

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

Section 2 of chapter 90 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after line 598 the following new paragraph:-

The registrar shall furnish without charge to owners of private passenger motor vehicles who have been awarded the Massachusetts Medal of Liberty, as defined in section 67A of chapter 33, upon presentation of satisfactory evidence of such status as determined by the registrar, distinctive registration plates for one private passenger motor vehicle owned and principally used by such recipient, bearing on the left side an image of the Liberty Medal and ribbon and bearing the words “MEDAL OF LIBERTY” along the bottom.