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type: "Bill"
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title: "Resolve providing for the erection in the house chamber of a memorial containing the text of the address which Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. delivered to a joint convention of the 2 branches of the General Court on April 22, 1965"
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description: "By Mr. Williams of Springfield, a petition (accompanied by resolve, House, No. 2799) of Bud L. Williams and others providing that the superintendent of the Bureau of State Office Buildings be authorized to erect a plaque, in the House Chamber, commemorating a portion of the address Martin Luther King, Jr., gave to a joint convention of the General Court on April 22, 1965. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
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legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
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session: "191st"
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identifier: "H 2799"
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citation: "Massachusetts H 2799 (191st)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bud L. Williams"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2019-01-22"
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last_action: "2020-08-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66fa810f-e3ed-4339-98a8-25f88ca7d6f9"
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source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H2799"
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source_hash: "edf067d590e92030e7ee07bd09919eda5919b5201e62ef42ccff303ddb6a2164"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
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---
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# Massachusetts H 2799 (191st) — Resolve providing for the erection in the house chamber of a memorial containing the text of the address which Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. delivered to a joint convention of the 2 branches of the General Court on April 22, 1965
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By Mr. Williams of Springfield, a petition (accompanied by resolve, House, No. 2799) of Bud L. Williams and others providing that the superintendent of the Bureau of State Office Buildings be authorized to erect a plaque, in the House Chamber, commemorating a portion of the address Martin Luther King, Jr., gave to a joint convention of the General Court on April 22, 1965. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H2799.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- Bud L. Williams — primary (person)
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- Brian M. Ashe — cosponsor (person)
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- Bud L. Williams — cosponsor (person)
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- Carlos González — cosponsor (person)
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- Chynah Tyler — cosponsor (person)
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- David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf — cosponsor (person)
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- José F. Tosado — cosponsor (person)
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- Norman J. Orrall — cosponsor (person)
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- Timothy R. Whelan — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-22** Referred to the committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-22** Senate concurred
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- **2019-04-30** Hearing scheduled for 05/07/2019 from 01:00 PM-03:00 PM in 437
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- **2019-10-28** Resolve reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2019-12-19** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
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- **2019-12-19** Rules suspended
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- **2019-12-19** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
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- **2019-12-23** Read third and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
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- **2019-12-26** Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2020-07-23** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
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- **2020-07-23** Rules suspended
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- **2020-07-23** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
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- **2020-07-23** Read third `reading-3`
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- **2020-07-23** Passed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #244 (Yeas 40 to Nays 0) `passage`
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- **2020-07-27** Enacted - 159 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY in Supplement, No. 228) `passage`
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- **2020-07-28** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
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- **2020-08-04** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 1 of the Resolves of 2020 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/66fa810f-e3ed-4339-98a8-25f88ca7d6f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
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