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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 910 FILED ON: 1/17/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3512
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Patrick Joseph Kearney
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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 amending the definition of veteran.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Patrick Joseph Kearney4th Plymouth1/17/2023Michelle M. DuBois10th Plymouth2/7/2023Carol A. Doherty3rd Bristol2/16/2023Shirley B. Arriaga8th Hampden2/28/2023 1 of 1
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 910 FILED ON: 1/17/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3512
By Representative Kearney of Scituate, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3512) of
Patrick Joseph Kearney and others relative to the definition of veteran. Veterans and Federal
Affairs.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 3671 OF 2021-2022.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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An Act amending the definition of veteran.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 The language of M.G.L. ch. 4, s.7, clause 43 part (b) is hereby amended by adding after
2the words "coast guard" the following words: "United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric
3Administration Corps, United States Public Health Service, United States Space Force"