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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3731 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3821 |
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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 | | James Arciero |
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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 a Veterans' Hall of Fame Commission. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:James Arciero2nd Middlesex1/17/2025Tara T. Hong18th Middlesex1/17/2025Dean Contover1/17/2025Colleen M. Garry36th Middlesex1/25/2025Vanna Howard17th Middlesex1/21/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3731 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3821 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Arciero of Westford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3821) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | James Arciero and others for an investigation by a special commission (including members of |
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| 20 | 20 | | the General Court) relative to the feasibility of establishing a veterans' hall of fame. Veterans |
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| 21 | 21 | | and Federal Affairs. |
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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-Fourth General Court |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 26 | 26 | | _______________ |
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| 27 | 27 | | An Act relative to a Veterans' Hall of Fame Commission. |
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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 Notwithstanding any general or special law, rule or regulation to the |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2contrary, there shall be a veteran's hall of fame commission to study the feasibility of |
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| 32 | 32 | | 3establishing a veterans' hall of fame in the Commonwealth. The commission shall consist of 11 |
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| 33 | 33 | | 4members, who shall be speaker of the house or their designee and the president of the senate or |
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| 34 | 34 | | 5their designee, who shall serve as co-chairs of the commission; the minority leaders of the house |
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| 35 | 35 | | 6and senate or their designees; the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on veterans and |
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| 36 | 36 | | 7federal affairs or their designees; the adjutant general of the national guard or their designee; the |
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| 37 | 37 | | 8secretary of veterans' services or their designee; a designee of the secretary of state who is |
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| 38 | 38 | | 9employed in the state archives who is knowledgeable about military records; and two persons to |
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| 39 | 39 | | 10be appointed by the governor who shall be honorably-discharged veterans. Members shall serve |
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| 40 | 40 | | 11without compensation but may receive such funding from the department of veterans' services to |
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| 41 | 41 | | 12fulfill their study and review of establishing a veteran's hall of fame. 2 of 2 |
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| 42 | 42 | | 13 SECTION 2 The commission shall review and analyze the feasibility of, and costs |
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| 43 | 43 | | 14associated with, the establishment of a veterans' hall of fame in the commonwealth and shall |
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| 44 | 44 | | 15study reasonable methods and criteria that may be utilized for nominating and inducting veterans |
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| 45 | 45 | | 16who are residents of the commonwealth into said hall of fame. |
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| 46 | 46 | | 17 SECTION 3 The commission shall submit its findings and recommendations with the |
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| 47 | 47 | | 18clerks of the house of representatives and senate.by December 31, 2026. |
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