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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 684 FILED ON: 1/10/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3845
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Carmine Lawrence Gentile
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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
resolution:
Resolutions ratifying the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States for
federal regulation of child labor.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Carmine Lawrence Gentile13th Middlesex1/10/2025James B. EldridgeMiddlesex and Worcester2/10/2025Mary S. Keefe15th Worcester3/4/2025Bud L. Williams11th Hampden1/13/2025 1 of 2
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 684 FILED ON: 1/10/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3845
By Representative Gentile of Sudbury, a petition (accompanied by resolutions, House, No. 3845)
of Carmine Lawrence Gentile and others for the adoption of resolutions memorializing the
Congress of the United States to ratify the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United
States for federal regulation of child labor. Veterans and Federal Affairs.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)
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Resolutions ratifying the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States for
federal regulation of child labor.
1 Whereas, The Sixty-eighth Congress by both Houses passed the following proposed
2amendment to the Constitution of the United States:
3 Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in
4Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the following article is
5proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States which, when ratified by the
6legislatures of three-fourths of the several States, shall be valid to all intents and purposes as a
7part of the Constitution:
8 “Article XX,
9 “Section 1. The Congress shall have power to limit, regulate, and prohibit the labor of
10persons under eighteen years of age. 2 of 2
11 “Sec. 2. The power of the several States is unimpaired by this article except that the
12operation of State laws shall be suspended to the extent necessary to give effect to legislation
13enacted by the Congress;” now therefore be it
14 Resolved, That the said proposed amendment is hereby ratified by the legislature of the
15commonwealth of Massachusetts; and be it further
16 Resolved, That a certified copy of the foregoing preamble and resolution be forwarded by
17the Secretary of the Commonwealth to the Archivist of the United States in accordance with
18Title 1, United States Code, section 106b.