HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3598 FILED ON: 1/20/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 30
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Jennifer Balinsky Armini
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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 proposal for constitutional amendment:
Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution relative to the title of the Governor.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: | Date Added: |
Jennifer Balinsky Armini | 8th Essex | 1/20/2023 |
Andres X. Vargas | 3rd Essex | 2/3/2023 |
Mindy Domb | 3rd Hampshire | 2/27/2023 |
Sal N. DiDomenico | Middlesex and Suffolk | 2/28/2023 |
Lindsay N. Sabadosa | 1st Hampshire | 2/28/2023 |
Liz Miranda | Second Suffolk | 3/2/2023 |
Rebecca L. Rausch | Norfolk, Worcester and Middlesex | 3/30/2023 |
James C. Arena-DeRosa | 8th Middlesex | 4/3/2023 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3598 FILED ON: 1/20/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 30
By Representative Armini of Marblehead, a petition (accompanied by proposal for constitutional amendment, House, No. 30) of Jennifer Balinsky Armini and Andres X. Vargas for a legislative amendment to the Constitution relative to the title of the Governor. The Judiciary. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution relative to the title of the Governor.
A majority of all the members elected to the Senate and House of Representatives, in joint session, hereby declares it to be expedient to alter the Constitution by the adoption of the following Article of Amendment, to the end that it may become a part of the Constitution [if similarly agreed to in a joint session of the next General Court and approved by the people at the state election next following]:
ARTICLE OF AMENDMENT.
The constitution is hereby amended by striking Article I of Part the Second, Chapter II, EXECUTIVE POWER. Section I and replacing it with the following:-
Article I.
There shall be a supreme executive magistrate, who shall be styled, The Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; and whose title shall be -- Her Excellency, His Excellency, or Their Excellency.