SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1725        FILED ON: 1/18/2019

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1921

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Dean A. Tran

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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 recognizing the South Vietnam heritage flag to be the official flag of the Vietnamese-American community of Massachusetts.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

 

Dean A. Tran

Worcester and Middlesex

 

Nick Collins

First Suffolk

1/23/2019

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf

17th Worcester

1/23/2019

Tram T. Nguyen

18th Essex

1/27/2019

Daniel J. Hunt

13th Suffolk

1/30/2019

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

2/2/2019

Walter F. Timilty

Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth

5/8/2019

Timothy R. Whelan

1st Barnstable

5/14/2019


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1725        FILED ON: 1/18/2019

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1921

By Mr. Tran, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1921) of Dean A. Tran, Nick Collins, David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf, Tram T. Nguyen and other members of the General Court for legislation to recognize the South Vietnam heritage flag to be the official flag of the Vietnamese-American community of Massachusetts.  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 recognizing the South Vietnam heritage flag to be the official flag of the Vietnamese-American community of Massachusetts.

 

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 2 of the general laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 63 the

following section: -

Section 64. The flag of the Vietnamese American Community of Massachusetts, who fled their beloved nation of Vietnam due to the invasion of communism in 1975, shall be the flag of the South Vietnam Heritage Flag as adopted by the said nation on June 14, 1949. This flag shall be yellow with three red stripes running horizontally across the center.