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H3315 • 2025

An Act directing the superintendent of state office buildings to install a permanent memorial in the Massachusetts State House in honor of Mercy Otis Warren

An Act directing the superintendent of state office buildings to install a permanent memorial in the Massachusetts State House in honor of Mercy Otis Warren

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Sponsor
Kip A. Diggs
Last action
2026-01-27
Official status
Placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting (under the last sentence of Rule 7A) for a second reading
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act directing the superintendent of state office buildings to install a permanent memorial in the Massachusetts State House in honor of Mercy Otis Warren

An Act directing the superintendent of state office buildings to install a permanent memorial in the Massachusetts State House in honor of Mercy Otis Warren By Representative Diggs of Barnstable, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act directing the superintendent of state office buildings to install a permanent memorial in the Massachusetts State House in honor of Mercy Otis Warren By Representative Diggs of Barnstable, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 3315) of Kip A.
  • Diggs that the Superintendent of State Office Buildings be authorized to install a permanent memorial in the State House in honor of Mercy Otis Warren.
  • State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-27 House

    Placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting (under the last sentence of Rule 7A) for a second reading

  2. 2025-12-18 House

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

  3. 2025-10-08 Joint

    Hearing rescheduled to 10/08/2025 from 01:00 PM-01:55 PM in 222 and Virtual Hearing updated to New End Time

  4. 2025-09-25 Joint

    Hearing rescheduled to 10/08/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in 222 and Virtual Hearing location changed

  5. 2025-09-24 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 10/01/2025 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-1

  6. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight

  7. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act directing the superintendent of state office buildings to install a permanent memorial in the Massachusetts State House in honor of Mercy Otis Warren
By Representative Diggs of Barnstable, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3315) of Kip A. Diggs that the Superintendent of State Office Buildings be authorized to install a permanent memorial in the State House in honor of Mercy Otis Warren. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.

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Bill H.3315

The superintendent of state office buildings shall, subject to the approval of the State House Art Commission as to size and content, install and maintain in a conspicuous place of the Art Commission’s choosing in the State House, a memorial honoring Mercy Otis Warren, of Barnstable, Massachusetts, a leading author, playwright, satirist, and patriot in colonial Massachusetts, whose essays contributed to the creation of the Constitution’s Bill of Rights, and whose book, History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution became this country's first published history of the American Revolution.

Said memorial shall be the gift of Cape Cod artist David Lewis who will bear all costs associated with the creation, transportation, and installation of the artwork.

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