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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act designating the month of March as Massachusetts Maple Month"
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description: "Substituted by the House, on motion of Mr. Speliotis of Danvers, for a Bill providing for the annual observance of the month of March as Massachusetts maple month and designating pure Massachusetts maple syrup as the official sweetener of the Commonwealth (House, No. 3735). February 20, 2018."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
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legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
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session: "190th"
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identifier: "H 4246"
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citation: "Massachusetts H 4246 (190th)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Theodore C. Speliotis"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2018-02-20"
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last_action: "2018-03-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81520668-4746-435b-be38-2cc7c5a6ab61"
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source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H4246"
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source_hash: "7e30899a925e9b09f82b05e4b4e51949a4303d7239cb42d7d42fbd9ada38944e"
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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 4246 (190th) — An Act designating the month of March as Massachusetts Maple Month
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Substituted by the House, on motion of Mr. Speliotis of Danvers, for a Bill providing for the annual observance of the month of March as Massachusetts maple month and designating pure Massachusetts maple syrup as the official sweetener of the Commonwealth (House, No. 3735). February 20, 2018.
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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/190/H4246.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- Theodore C. Speliotis — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-02-20** Substituted for H3735
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- **2018-02-20** Passed to be engrossed `passage`
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- **2018-02-22** Read and referred to the committee on Senate Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-01** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
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- **2018-03-01** Rules suspended
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- **2018-03-01** Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed `reading-2, reading-3`
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- **2018-03-05** Emergency preamble adopted
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- **2018-03-05** Emergency preamble adopted
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- **2018-03-05** Enacted `passage`
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- **2018-03-05** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
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- **2018-03-08** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 40 of the Acts of 2018 `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/81520668-4746-435b-be38-2cc7c5a6ab61`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
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