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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 529 FILED ON: 1/17/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2340 |
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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 | | Michael F. Rush |
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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 relative to protecting veterans. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Michael F. RushNorfolk and SuffolkPaul McMurtry11th Norfolk2/2/2023 1 of 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 529 FILED ON: 1/17/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2340 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Mr. Rush, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2340) of Michael F. Rush and Paul |
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| 19 | 19 | | McMurtry for legislation relative to protecting veterans. Veterans and Federal Affairs. |
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| 20 | 20 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEE SENATE, NO. 2419 OF 2021-2022.] |
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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 relative to protecting veterans. |
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| 28 | 28 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 29 | 29 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 30 | 30 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 98A of chapter 272 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2014 |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after each instance of the words “physically |
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| 32 | 32 | | 3handicapped persons” appearing lines 3, 10, and 15 the following words:- or veteran |
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| 33 | 33 | | 4 SECTION 2. The first paragraph of section 92A of chapter 272, as appearing in section 1, |
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| 34 | 34 | | 5chapter 134 of the acts of 2016, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “disability” the |
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| 35 | 35 | | 6following words:- or veteran status |
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| 36 | 36 | | 7 SECTION 3. Section 98 of chapter 272 of the General Laws, as appearing in section 3, |
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| 37 | 37 | | 8chapter 134 of the acts of 2016, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “ancestry” the |
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| 38 | 38 | | 9following words:- or veteran status |
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