---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relative to the annual observance of Massachusetts Women’s Defense Corps Remembrance Day"
description: "By Representatives Campbell of Methuen and Tucker of Salem, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2658) of Linda Dean Campbell and others relative to the annual observance of Massachusetts Women’s Defense Corps remembrance day. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
session: "190th"
identifier: "H 2658"
citation: "Massachusetts H 2658 (190th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-23"
last_action: "2018-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf3c1f17-d691-4f03-a739-13adf8b7aa3c"
source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H2658"
source_hash: "8268f9b04ba556b880120dd3ff6cb7894895b5089d02e21fe8379100a417b602"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
---

# Massachusetts H 2658 (190th) — An Act relative to the annual observance of Massachusetts Women’s Defense Corps Remembrance Day

By Representatives Campbell of Methuen and Tucker of Salem, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2658) of Linda Dean Campbell and others relative to the annual observance of Massachusetts Women’s Defense Corps remembrance day. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H2658.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Colleen M. Garry — cosponsor (person)
- Denise C. Garlick — cosponsor (person)
- Denise Provost — cosponsor (person)
- Gailanne M. Cariddi — cosponsor (person)
- Hannah Kane — cosponsor (person)
- Kate Hogan — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin G. Honan — cosponsor (person)
- Linda Dean Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle M. DuBois — cosponsor (person)
- Shaunna L. O'Connell — cosponsor (person)
- Sheila C. Harrington — cosponsor (person)
- Smitty Pignatelli — cosponsor (person)
- Steven S. Howitt — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Ultrino — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy R. Whelan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-23** Referred to the committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-23** Senate concurred
- **2017-10-11** Hearing scheduled for 10/16/2017 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1
- **2017-11-13** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-12-14** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
- **2017-12-14** Rules suspended
- **2017-12-14** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
- **2018-01-16** Read third and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
- **2018-01-18** Read and referred to the committee on Senate Rules `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-10** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
- **2018-05-10** Rules suspended
- **2018-05-10** Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2018-05-14** Enacted `passage`
- **2018-05-17** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
- **2018-05-25** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 98 of the Acts of 2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cf3c1f17-d691-4f03-a739-13adf8b7aa3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).