HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3910 FILED ON: 4/24/2017 HOUSE ...... No. 3652

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ______

PRESENTED BY:

Robert A. DeLeo ______

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 order .

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PETITION OF:

NAME: DISTRICT/ADDRESS: DATE ADDED: Robert A. DeLeo 19th Suffolk 4/24/2017 Brian M. Ashe 2nd Hampden Cory Atkins 14th Middlesex Ruth B. Balser 12th Middlesex Jennifer E. Benson 37th Middlesex Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr. 5th Worcester Paul Brodeur 32nd Middlesex 10th Essex Thomas J. Calter 12th Plymouth 15th Essex James M. Cantwell 4th Plymouth Evandro C. Carvalho 5th Suffolk 2nd Norfolk Nick Collins 4th Suffolk Mike Connolly 26th Middlesex Brendan P. Crighton Third Essex Claire D. Cronin 11th Plymouth Michael S. Day 31st Middlesex

1 of 4 Angelo L. D'Emilia 8th Plymouth Brian S. Dempsey 3rd Essex Diana DiZoglio 14th Essex Paul J. Donato 35th Middlesex 9th Norfolk Michelle M. DuBois 10th Plymouth James J. Dwyer 30th Middlesex Carolyn C. Dykema 8th Middlesex Kimberly N. Ferguson 1st Worcester Ann-Margaret Ferrante 5th Essex Carole A. Fiola 6th Bristol Paul K. Frost 7th Worcester William C. Galvin 6th Norfolk 23rd Middlesex Denise C. Garlick 13th Norfolk Colleen M. Garry 36th Middlesex Carmine L. Gentile 13th Middlesex 2nd Plymouth Solomon Goldstein-Rose 3rd Hampshire Carlos González 10th Hampden Kenneth I. Gordon 21st Middlesex Danielle W. Gregoire 4th Middlesex Patricia A. Haddad 5th Bristol 3rd Worcester 4th Worcester 3rd Middlesex Kevin G. Honan 17th Suffolk Randy Hunt 5th Barnstable Bradley H. Jones, Jr. 20th Middlesex Louis L. Kafka 8th Norfolk 11th Worcester Jay R. Kaufman 15th Middlesex 4/24/2017 James M. Kelcourse 1st Essex 11th Middlesex Peter V. Kocot 1st Hampshire Robert M. Koczera 11th Bristol Jack Lewis 7th Middlesex David Paul Linsky 5th Middlesex Jay D. Livingstone 8th Suffolk

2 of 4 Marc T. Lombardo 22nd Middlesex 1st Suffolk John J. Mahoney 13th Worcester Elizabeth A. Malia 11th Suffolk Paul W. Mark 2nd Berkshire Christopher M. Markey 9th Bristol Juana B. Matias 16th Essex Paul McMurtry 11th Norfolk Joan Meschino 3rd Plymouth James R. Miceli 19th Middlesex 18th Middlesex Frank A. Moran 17th Essex Michael J. Moran 18th Suffolk David K. Muradian, Jr. 9th Worcester James M. Murphy 4th Norfolk Brian Murray 10th Worcester David M. Nangle 17th Middlesex Harold P. Naughton, Jr. 12th Worcester James J. O'Day 14th Worcester Keiko M. Orrall 12th Bristol Jerald A. Parisella 6th Essex Sarah K. Peake 4th Barnstable Alice Hanlon Peisch 14th Norfolk Smitty Pignatelli 4th Berkshire Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr. 12th Hampden David M. Rogers 24th Middlesex John H. Rogers 12th Norfolk Jeffrey N. Roy 10th Norfolk Byron Rushing 9th Suffolk Daniel J. Ryan 2nd Suffolk Angelo M. Scaccia 14th Suffolk John W. Scibak 2nd Hampshire 7th Bristol Theodore C. Speliotis 13th Essex William M. Straus 10th Bristol 7th Essex Chynah Tyler 7th Suffolk David T. Vieira 3rd Barnstable RoseLee Vincent 16th Suffolk

3 of 4 Chris Walsh 6th Middlesex Thomas P. Walsh 12th Essex Timothy R. Whelan 1st Barnstable Susannah M. Whipps 2nd Franklin 11th Hampden Donald H. Wong 9th Essex Daniel J. Hunt 13th Suffolk 4/24/2017

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

House of Representatives, April 24, 2017.

______In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court (2017-2018) ______

1 Ordered, That a joint special legislative committee, to be known as the Martin Luther

2 King, Jr. Memorial Committee, shall be established to develop plans and make recommendations

3 to the General Court on the erection of an appropriate permanent memorial to the late Reverend

4 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The committee’s recommendations shall include, without limitation,

5 the type of permanent memorial to be erected, at least 3 options for the location of the memorial

6 and estimates of the cost of acquiring land on which the memorial would be constructed, if any,

7 cost of designing and construction of the memorial and costs associated with the perpetual care

8 and maintenance of the memorial.

9 The committee shall consist of 4 members of the Senate, 3 of whom shall be appointed by the

10 President of the Senate and 1 of whom shall be appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate

11 and 7 members of the House of Representatives, 6 of whom shall be appointed by the Speaker of

12 the House of Representatives and 1 of whom shall be appointed by the Minority Leader of the

1 of 2 13 House of Representatives. One member of the Senate appointed by the Senate President and 1

14 member of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker shall be designated by the

15 President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, respectively, to serve as

16 co-chairs of the committee.

17 The Senate and the House of Representatives, acting jointly, shall provide administrative and

18 financial support to the committee.

19 Said committee shall report to the Senate and the House of Representatives the results of its

20 investigation and study, and its recommendations together with drafts of legislation, if any,

21 necessary to carry its recommendations into effect, by filing the same with the Clerk of the

22 Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives on or before May 31, 2018.

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