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H3298 • 2025

An Act relative to Machado-Joseph Disease Awareness Day

An Act relative to Machado-Joseph Disease Awareness Day

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Cabral, Antonio F. D.
Last action
2025-09-19
Official status
Signed by the Governor, Chapter 32 of the Acts of 2025
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act relative to Machado-Joseph Disease Awareness Day

An Act relative to Machado-Joseph Disease Awareness Day By Representative Cabral of New Bedford and Senator Rodrigues, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to Machado-Joseph Disease Awareness Day By Representative Cabral of New Bedford and Senator Rodrigues, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 3298) of Antonio F.
  • D.
  • Cabral, Michael J.

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  • 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. 2025-09-19 Executive

    Signed by the Governor, Chapter 32 of the Acts of 2025

  2. 2025-09-18 Senate

    Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session

  3. 2025-09-18 Senate

    Rules suspended

  4. 2025-09-18 Senate

    Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed

  5. 2025-09-18 House

    Enacted

  6. 2025-09-18 Senate

    Enacted and laid before the Governor

  7. 2025-08-07 Senate

    Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Rules

  8. 2025-08-04 House

    Read third and passed to be engrossed

  9. 2025-07-17 House

    Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting

  10. 2025-07-17 House

    Rules suspended

  11. 2025-07-17 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  12. 2025-07-03 House

    Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

  13. 2025-05-07 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 05/13/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2

  14. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight

  15. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to Machado-Joseph Disease Awareness Day
By Representative Cabral of New Bedford and Senator Rodrigues, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3298) of Antonio F. D. Cabral, Michael J. Rodrigues and Christopher M. Markey for the annual issuance of a proclamation by the Governor setting apart July 2 as Machado-Joseph disease awareness day. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.3298

Chapter 6 of the General Laws, as appearing in the Official 2022 Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after Section 15ZZZZZZ, the following section:

Section AAAAAAA. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation designating July 2 as Machado-Joseph Disease Awareness Day in recognition of the thousands of individuals impacted by the hereditary Machado-Joseph Disease in Massachusetts and the need for increased public recognition, support, and awareness of this neurodegenerative disorder that disproportionately affects families of Portuguese-Azorean descent.

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