HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2422        FILED ON: 2/17/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3191

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Jack Patrick Lewis and Brandy Fluker Oakley

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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 an Indigenous Peoples Day.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

2/16/2021

Brandy Fluker Oakley

12th Suffolk

2/17/2021

Lindsay N. Sabadosa

1st Hampshire

2/25/2021

David M. Rogers

24th Middlesex

2/26/2021

Christine P. Barber

34th Middlesex

2/26/2021

Michelle L. Ciccolo

15th Middlesex

2/26/2021

Carmine Lawrence Gentile

13th Middlesex

3/16/2021

Jay D. Livingstone

8th Suffolk

4/13/2021

Danillo A. Sena

37th Middlesex

4/13/2021

Kenneth I. Gordon

21st Middlesex

4/23/2021

Natalie M. Higgins

4th Worcester

5/10/2021

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

6/3/2021

Joan Meschino

3rd Plymouth

7/14/2021

Steven C. Owens

29th Middlesex

7/30/2021

Erika Uyterhoeven

27th Middlesex

8/24/2021

Elizabeth A. Malia

11th Suffolk

9/28/2021

Nika C. Elugardo

15th Suffolk

9/28/2021

Mindy Domb

3rd Hampshire

9/28/2021

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

9/30/2021

Natalie M. Blais

1st Franklin

10/11/2021

Vanna Howard

17th Middlesex

10/20/2021

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

10/28/2021

Kevin G. Honan

17th Suffolk

11/16/2021

Mike Connolly

26th Middlesex

11/26/2021


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2422        FILED ON: 2/17/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3191

By Representatives Lewis of Framingham and Fluker Oakley of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3191) of Jack Patrick Lewis, Brandy Fluker Oakley and others for the issuance of an annual proclamation by the Governor to designate the second Monday in October as indigenous people's day.  State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 3665 OF 2019-2020.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Second General Court
(2021-2022)

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An Act establishing an Indigenous Peoples Day.

 

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

Chapter 6 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section 12V and inserting in place thereof the following section:–

Section 12V. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the second Monday in October as Indigenous Peoples Day and recommending that it be observed by the people, with appropriate exercises in the schools and otherwise, to acknowledge the history of genocide and discrimination against Indigenous peoples, and to recognize and celebrate the thriving cultures and continued resistance and resilience of Indigenous peoples and their tribal nations.