SENATE DOCKET, NO. 412 FILED ON: 1/13/2009
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2004
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Robert L
. Hedlund
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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 passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to the Massachusetts Medal of Sacrifice.
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PETITIO
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Name:
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District/Address:
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Robert L
. Hedlund
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Plymouth and Norfolk
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Richard R. Tisei
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Middlesex and Essex
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Scott P. Brown
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Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex
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Michael R. Knapik
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Second Hampden and Hampshire
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Bruce E. Tarr
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First Essex and Middlesex
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Thomas P.
Kennedy
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Second Plymouth and Bristol
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James Cantwell
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4th Plymouth
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Christine E. Canavan
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10th Plymouth
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Thomas J. Calter
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12th Plymouth
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act relative
to the Massachusetts Medal of Sacrifice.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Chapter 33 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 67
the following section:-
Section 67A.
There shall be a Massachusetts medal of sacrifice which shall be awarded to the next of kin of service men and women who were killed in action as a result of enemy combat or terrorism in either Operation Iraqi Freedo
m or Operation Enduring Freedom. The adjutant general and 2 field grade officers of the armed forces of the commonwealth detailed by the commander-in-chief shall constitute a commission to make recommendations to the commander-in-chief for the awarding of
the medal of sacrifice.