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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 784 FILED ON: 1/13/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3846
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 bill:
An Act in furtherance of the Citizens Commission concerning a Constitutional Amendment to
secure government of the people.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Carmine Lawrence Gentile13th Middlesex1/13/2025James B. EldridgeMiddlesex and Worcester1/13/2025Mary S. Keefe15th Worcester3/4/2025 1 of 2
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 784 FILED ON: 1/13/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3846
By Representative Gentile of Sudbury, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3846) of
Carmine Lawrence Gentile, James B. Eldridge and Mary S. Keefe relative to reviving,
continuing and further regulating the citizens commission established (under Chapter 322 of the
Acts of 2018) concerning a Constitutional amendment to secure government of the people.
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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An Act in furtherance of the Citizens Commission concerning a Constitutional Amendment to
secure government of the people.
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. Subsection c. of section 1 of chapter 322 of the acts of 2018 is hereby
2amended by adding the following sentence:- The Citizens Commission shall continue to exist
3and perform the responsibilities required in this section until December 31, 2028.
4 SECTION 2. Section 3 of said chapter 322 is hereby amended by adding the following
5subsection:-
6 j) If a vacancy occurs on the Citizens Commission, the chair or co-chairs of the Citizens
7Commission shall give notice of such vacancy to the appropriate appointing authority and the
8appointing authority shall, not more than 30 days after receiving notice of the vacancy, appoint:
9(i) a person who previously duly applied to serve on the Citizens Commission pursuant to the
10process described in this act; or (ii) a person who files an application pursuant to this act; 2 of 2
11provided, however, that notice of such vacancy shall be posted by the appointing authority not
12later than 7 days after the appointing authority receives notice of the vacancy; provided further,
13that the appointee’s application shall be publicly posted prior to the appointment.”.