HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3057        FILED ON: 2/18/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3509

 

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

2/9/2021

Richard M. Haggerty

30th Middlesex

2/22/2021

Jason M. Lewis

Fifth Middlesex

2/23/2021

Angelo L. D'Emilia

8th Plymouth

2/25/2021

Christopher Hendricks

11th Bristol

2/25/2021

Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr.

5th Worcester

2/26/2021

Shawn Dooley

9th Norfolk

2/26/2021

Mathew J. Muratore

1st Plymouth

2/26/2021

Smitty Pignatelli

4th Berkshire

2/26/2021

F. Jay Barrows

1st Bristol

2/26/2021

Joseph D. McKenna

18th Worcester

2/26/2021

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

12th Hampden

2/26/2021

Susan Williams Gifford

2nd Plymouth

2/26/2021

Bradford Hill

4th Essex

2/26/2021

Marc T. Lombardo

22nd Middlesex

2/26/2021

Alyson M. Sullivan

7th Plymouth

2/26/2021

Kimberly N. Ferguson

1st Worcester

2/26/2021

David K. Muradian, Jr.

9th Worcester

2/26/2021

Steven G. Xiarhos

5th Barnstable

2/26/2021

Brian W. Murray

10th Worcester

2/26/2021

Carlos González

10th Hampden

2/26/2021

Hannah Kane

11th Worcester

3/2/2021

Steven Ultrino

33rd Middlesex

3/5/2021

Kate Lipper-Garabedian

32nd Middlesex

3/11/2021

Steven S. Howitt

4th Bristol

4/7/2021


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3057        FILED ON: 2/18/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3509

By Messrs. Jones of North Reading and Haggerty of Woburn, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3509) 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.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 4359 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 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 1. 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 medal and ribbon and bearing the words “MEDAL OF LIBERTY” along the bottom.