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| Bill | An Act designating July 8 as Massachusetts Emancipation Day a.k.a. Quock Walker Day | By Ms. Ciccolo of Lexington, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3117) of Michelle L. Ciccolo and others for the annual issuance of a proclamation by the Governor setting apart July 8th as Massachusetts Emancipation Day, also to be known as Quock Walker Day, in recognition of the declaration of rights that rendered slavery unconstitutional in the Commonwealth. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight. | us/states/ma | Massachusetts General Court | 192nd | H 3117 | Massachusetts H 3117 (192nd) |
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Massachusetts H 3117 (192nd) — An Act designating July 8 as Massachusetts Emancipation Day a.k.a. Quock Walker Day
By Ms. Ciccolo of Lexington, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3117) of Michelle L. Ciccolo and others for the annual issuance of a proclamation by the Governor setting apart July 8th as Massachusetts Emancipation Day, also to be known as Quock Walker Day, in recognition of the declaration of rights that rendered slavery unconstitutional in the Commonwealth. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
Sponsors
- Michelle L. Ciccolo — primary (person)
- Chynah Tyler — cosponsor (person)
- Danillo A. Sena — cosponsor (person)
- David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf — cosponsor (person)
- David M. Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Jack Patrick Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Jason M. Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Josh S. Cutler — cosponsor (person)
- Kate Lipper-Garabedian — cosponsor (person)
- Kay Khan — cosponsor (person)
- Lindsay N. Sabadosa — cosponsor (person)
- Michael J. Barrett — cosponsor (person)
- Natalie M. Higgins — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Garballey — cosponsor (person)
- Steven C. Owens — cosponsor (person)
- Tami L. Gouveia — cosponsor (person)
- Tram T. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-03-29 Referred to the committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight
referral-committee - 2021-03-29 Senate concurred
- 2021-10-29 Hearing scheduled for 11/10/2021 from 10:30 AM-01:30 PM in Virtual Hearing
- 2021-12-27 Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee - 2022-01-03 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
- 2022-01-03 Rules suspended
- 2022-01-03 Read second and ordered to a third reading
reading-2 - 2022-09-29 Read third and passed to be engrossed
reading-3 - 2022-10-11 Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Rules
referral-committee - 2022-10-20 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
- 2022-10-20 Rules suspended
- 2022-10-20 Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed
reading-2, reading-3 - 2022-10-24 Enacted
passage - 2022-10-24 Enacted and laid before the Governor
passage - 2022-11-01 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 255 of the Acts of 2022
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e3e3c1a8-0248-43a5-adf7-3fd86d951fd2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).