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
Summary
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.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Jul 2020
House Passage
Jul 2020
Senate Passage
Jul 2020
Signed into Law
Aug 2020
Introduced Jan 22, 2019
Signed Aug 4, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Jul 23, 2020 · House Jul 27, 2020
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Jul 23, 2020
D
Democratic36
100% Yea
R
Republican4
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
17
Key actions
8
Committee
5
Aug 4, 2020
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor, Chapter 1 of the Resolves of 2020
executive
Jul 28, 2020
Upper · Passed
Enacted and laid before the Governor
upper
Jul 27, 2020
Lower · Passed
Enacted - 159 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY in Supplement, No. 228)
lower
Jul 23, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #244 (Yeas 40 to Nays 0)
upper
Jul 23, 2020
Upper · Passed
Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
upper
Dec 26, 2019
Committee
Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Rules
upper
Dec 19, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
lower
Oct 28, 2019
Lower · Passed
Resolve reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
lower
Jan 22, 2019
Upper · Passed
Senate concurred
upper
Jan 22, 2019
Committee
Referred to the committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight
lower
1 primary · 7 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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