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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2253 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1278 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Kate Lipper-Garabedian and Josh S. Cutler |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act assisting with higher education recordkeeping responsibilities. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Kate Lipper-Garabedian32nd Middlesex1/19/2023Josh S. Cutler6th Plymouth1/19/2023Carole A. Fiola6th Bristol2/9/2023 1 of 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2253 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1278 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representatives Lipper-Garabedian of Melrose and Cutler of Pembroke, a petition |
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| 19 | 19 | | (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1278) of Kate Lipper-Garabedian, Josh S. Cutler and Carole |
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| 20 | 20 | | A. Fiola relative to higher education recordkeeping responsibilities. Higher Education. |
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| 21 | 21 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 22 | 22 | | _______________ |
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| 23 | 23 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act assisting with higher education recordkeeping responsibilities. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 28 | 28 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 31A of chapter 69 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “exist”, in line 57, the following |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3words:-, provided that the board may approve an institution’s proposal to rely on blockchain or |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4distributed ledger technology to maintain said records. |
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