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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . No. 4593 |
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| 3 | 3 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 4 | 4 | | ________________________________________ |
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| 5 | 5 | | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, May 15, 2024. |
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| 6 | 6 | | The committee on Economic Development and Emerging |
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| 7 | 7 | | Technologies, to whom were referred the petition (accompanied by bill, |
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| 8 | 8 | | House, No. 404) of Natalie M. Blais that the Secretary of Economic |
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| 9 | 9 | | Development establish a rural development initiative to support rural job |
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| 10 | 10 | | creation and business expansion; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, |
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| 11 | 11 | | No. 405) of Josh S. Cutler and others for legislation to reduce filing fees |
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| 12 | 12 | | for certain limited liability companies; the petition (accompanied by bill, |
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| 13 | 13 | | House, No. 406) of Rodney M. Elliott relative to mental health funding |
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| 14 | 14 | | from sports wagering revenues; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, |
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| 15 | 15 | | No. 410) of Carlos González, Estela A. Reyes and others relative to the |
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| 16 | 16 | | development of micro and minority-owned businesses; the petition |
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| 17 | 17 | | (accompanied by bill, House, No. 411) of Carlos González and others that |
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| 18 | 18 | | certain state grants target minority communities and businesses; the |
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| 19 | 19 | | petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 412) of Daniel J. Hunt that the |
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| 20 | 20 | | Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development and the |
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| 21 | 21 | | Department of Revenue be directed to issue a report relative to the ways |
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| 22 | 22 | | agencies of the Commonwealth can expand the availability of business |
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| 23 | 23 | | district parking within urban areas; the petition (accompanied by bill, |
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| 24 | 24 | | House, No. 413) of Bradley H. Jones, Jr., and others relative to |
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| 25 | 25 | | establishing a commission (including members of the General Court) to |
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| 26 | 26 | | study the financial relationship between Massachusetts entities and |
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| 27 | 27 | | companies owned by the Chinese government; the petition (accompanied |
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| 28 | 28 | | by bill, House, No. 414) of Bradley H. Jones, Jr., and others relative to the |
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| 29 | 29 | | Community Preservation Trust Fund; the petition (accompanied by bill, |
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| 30 | 30 | | House, No. 415) of Bradley H. Jones, Jr., and others for legislation to |
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| 31 | 31 | | establish a student entrepreneurial and economic investment fund; the |
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| 32 | 32 | | petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 418) of Mathew J. Muratore, |
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| 33 | 33 | | Kathleen R. LaNatra and others for legislation to authorize the |
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| 34 | 34 | | Massachusetts Gaming Commission to issue limited slot machine licenses |
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| 35 | 35 | | to veterans’ organizations; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. |
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| 36 | 36 | | 419) of Edward R. Philips for legislation to establish an advisory 2 of 3 |
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| 37 | 37 | | commission (including members of the General Court) on science, |
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| 38 | 38 | | technology, engineering, and mathematics; the petition (accompanied by |
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| 39 | 39 | | bill, House, No. 420) of David M. Rogers, Tram T. Nguyen and others for |
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| 40 | 40 | | legislation to establish fashion sustainability and social accountability; the |
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| 41 | 41 | | petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 421) of Jeffrey N. Roy, Adam |
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| 42 | 42 | | Scanlon and Marcus S. Vaughn relative to the gaming industry of the |
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| 43 | 43 | | Commonwealth; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 424) of |
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| 44 | 44 | | Bud L. Williams for legislation to require that at least one member of the |
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| 45 | 45 | | Gaming Commission be a current full-time resident of Hampden, |
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| 46 | 46 | | Hampshire, Franklin, or Berkshire counties; the petition (accompanied by |
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| 47 | 47 | | bill, House, No. 3566) of Erika Uyterhoeven relative to limited liability |
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| 48 | 48 | | companies; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3822) of Kristin |
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| 49 | 49 | | E. Kassner for an investigation by a special commission relative to the |
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| 50 | 50 | | preparation of the built environment for the next economy, including an |
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| 51 | 51 | | inventory of infrastructure, buildings, and land use regulations; and the |
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| 52 | 52 | | petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3917) of Josh S. Cutler and |
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| 53 | 53 | | Vanna Howard for legislation to establish a blockchain-based limited |
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| 54 | 54 | | liability company, reports recommending that the accompanying order |
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| 55 | 55 | | (House, No. 4593) ought to be adopted. |
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| 56 | 56 | | For the committee, |
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| 57 | 57 | | JERALD A. PARISELLA. 3 of 3 |
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| 58 | 58 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4593 |
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| 59 | 59 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 60 | 60 | | House of Representatives, May 15, 2024. |
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| 61 | 61 | | 1 Ordered, That the committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies be |
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| 62 | 62 | | 2authorized to sit during a recess of the General Court to make an investigation and study of |
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| 63 | 63 | | 3House documents numbered 404, 405, 406, 410, 411, 412, 413, 414, 415, 418, 419, 420, 421, |
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| 64 | 64 | | 4424, 3566, 3822 and 3917, relative to LLCs, gaming, job creation and other related matters. |
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| 65 | 65 | | 5 Said committee shall report to the General Court the results of its investigation and study |
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| 66 | 66 | | 6and its recommendations, if any, together with drafts of legislation necessary to carry such |
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| 67 | 67 | | 7recommendations into effect, by filing the same with the Clerk of the House of Representatives |
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| 68 | 68 | | 8on or before December 31, 2024. |
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