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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3598 FILED ON: 1/20/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 30
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 Armini8th Essex1/20/2023Andres X. Vargas3rd Essex2/3/2023 1 of 1
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.
1 The constitution is hereby amended by striking Article I of Part the Second, Chapter II,
2EXECUTIVE POWER. Section I and replacing it with the following:-
3 Article I.
4 There shall be a supreme executive magistrate, who shall be styled, The Governor of the
5Commonwealth of Massachusetts; and whose title shall be -- Her Excellency, His Excellency, or
6Their Excellency.