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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 276 FILED ON: 1/11/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3103 |
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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 | | Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr. |
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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 establishing permanent standard time within the Commonwealth to promote sleep and |
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| 13 | 13 | | health. |
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| 14 | 14 | | _______________ |
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| 15 | 15 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 16 | 16 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.12th Hampden1/10/2023Susan Williams Gifford2nd Plymouth1/17/2023Paul J. Donato35th Middlesex1/18/2023William J. Driscoll, Jr.7th Norfolk1/19/2023James C. Arena-DeRosa8th Middlesex1/20/2023Bud L. Williams11th Hampden1/20/2023Steven S. Howitt4th Bristol1/20/2023James J. O'Day14th Worcester2/6/2023Patrick M. O'ConnorFirst Plymouth and Norfolk2/7/2023Orlando Ramos9th Hampden2/13/2023Paul McMurtry11th Norfolk2/15/2023Kate Lipper-Garabedian32nd Middlesex2/22/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 276 FILED ON: 1/11/2023 |
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| 18 | 18 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3103 |
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| 19 | 19 | | By Representative Puppolo of Springfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3103) of |
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| 20 | 20 | | Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr. and others for legislation to establish standard time as the permanent time |
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| 21 | 21 | | of the Commonwealth. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight. |
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| 22 | 22 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 23 | 23 | | _______________ |
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| 24 | 24 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 26 | 26 | | _______________ |
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| 27 | 27 | | An Act establishing permanent standard time within the Commonwealth to promote sleep and |
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| 28 | 28 | | health. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 SECTION 1. Chapter 4 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2hereby amended by striking out section 10 and inserting in place thereof the following section: - |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3 Section 10. The standard time within the commonwealth shall be permanent standard |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4time and shall be exempt from the advancement of time as provided by the federal Uniform Time |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5Act of 1966, 15 U.S.C. section 260(a). This section shall apply: to all laws, statutes, orders, |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6decrees, rules and regulations relating to the time of performance of any act by any officer or |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7department of the commonwealth, or of any county, city, town or district thereof, or any other |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8political subdivision thereof; to all laws, statutes, orders, decrees, rules and regulations relating |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9to the time in which any rights shall accrue or determine, or within which any act shall or shall |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10not be performed by any person subject to the jurisdiction of the commonwealth; in all the public |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11schools and in all institutions of the commonwealth, or of any county, city, town or district 2 of 2 |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12thereof, or any other political subdivision thereof; and in all contracts or choses in action made or |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13to be performed in the commonwealth. |
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| 44 | 44 | | 14 SECTION 2. This act shall take effect: (i) upon enactment by law of a permanent year- |
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| 45 | 45 | | 15round “U.S. Eastern Standard Time” in the states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New |
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| 46 | 46 | | 16Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont, in substantially the same form as section 1; and (ii) upon |
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| 47 | 47 | | 17a date agreed upon by all 5 states. |
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