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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3808 FILED ON: 1/17/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1468
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Christopher J. Worrell
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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 designating the Senator Bill Owens Center at the University of Massachusetts Boston.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Christopher J. Worrell5th Suffolk1/17/2025 1 of 1
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3808 FILED ON: 1/17/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1468
By Representative Worrell of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1468) of
Christopher J. Worrell that the Center for African, Caribbean and Community Development at
the University of Massachusetts Boston be designated as the Senator Bill Owens center. Higher
Education.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)
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An Act designating the Senator Bill Owens Center at the University of Massachusetts Boston.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 SECTION 1. The Center for African, Caribbean & Community Development at the
2University of Massachusetts Boston shall be designated and known as the Senator Bill Owens
3Center, in honor of his years of service and dedication to the people of the Commonwealth.
4 SECTION 2. The Chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Boston, in consultation
5with the University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees, shall erect and maintain suitable
6markers bearing such designation in compliance with university standards.
7 SECTION 3. Subject to appropriation, the Department of Higher Education shall provide
8not less than $250,000 for the installation of such markers and for relevant programming to
9commemorate the renaming of the Senator Bill Owens Center.