HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 399        FILED ON: 1/9/2025

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3397

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Tram T. Nguyen and Kate Donaghue

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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 the official salamander of the Commonwealth.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Tram T. Nguyen

18th Essex

1/9/2025

Kate Donaghue

19th Worcester

6/18/2025

Steven J. Ouellette

8th Bristol

1/10/2025

James C. Arena-DeRosa

8th Middlesex

4/7/2025

Michelle L. Badger

1st Plymouth

4/7/2025

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

6/26/2025

Kip A. Diggs

2nd Barnstable

4/14/2025

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

1/27/2025

Carmine Lawrence Gentile

13th Middlesex

4/3/2025

Tara T. Hong

18th Middlesex

4/4/2025

Hannah Kane

11th Worcester

2/27/2025

Samantha Montaño

15th Suffolk

4/15/2025


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 399        FILED ON: 1/9/2025

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3397

By Representatives Nguyen of Andover and Donaghue of Westborough, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3397) of Tram T. Nguyen, Steven J. Ouellette and others for legislation to designate the blue-spotted salamander as the official amphibian of the Commonwealth.  State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 3096 OF 2023-2024.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)

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An Act establishing the official salamander of the Commonwealth.

 

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

Chapter 2 of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following section:-

The blue-spotted salamander shall be the official salamander of the commonwealth.