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H1468 • 2025

An Act designating the Senator Bill Owens Center at the University of Massachusetts Boston

An Act designating the Senator Bill Owens Center at the University of Massachusetts Boston

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Sponsor
Christopher J. Worrell
Last action
2026-02-05
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act designating the Senator Bill Owens Center at the University of Massachusetts Boston

An Act designating the Senator Bill Owens Center at the University of Massachusetts Boston By Representative Worrell of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act designating the Senator Bill Owens Center at the University of Massachusetts Boston By Representative Worrell of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 1468) of Christopher J.
  • Worrell that the Center for African, Caribbean and Community Development at the University of Massachusetts Boston be designated as the Senator Bill Owens center.
  • Higher Education.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-05 House

    Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

  2. 2025-10-03 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 10/16/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2

  3. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Higher Education

  4. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act designating the Senator Bill Owens Center at the University of Massachusetts Boston
By Representative Worrell of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1468) of Christopher J. Worrell that the Center for African, Caribbean and Community Development at the University of Massachusetts Boston be designated as the Senator Bill Owens center. Higher Education.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.1468

SECTION 1. The Center for African, Caribbean & Community Development at the University of Massachusetts Boston shall be designated and known as the Senator Bill Owens Center, in honor of his years of service and dedication to the people of the Commonwealth.

SECTION 2. The Chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Boston, in consultation with the University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees, shall erect and maintain suitable markers bearing such designation in compliance with university standards.

SECTION 3. Subject to appropriation, the Department of Higher Education shall provide not less than $250,000 for the installation of such markers and for relevant programming to commemorate the renaming of the Senator Bill Owens Center.

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