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H3345 • 2025

An Act designating Blanding's turtle as the official turtle of the Commonwealth

An Act designating Blanding's turtle as the official turtle of the Commonwealth

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Sponsor
Kate Hogan
Last action
2026-03-02
Official status
Accompanied a study order, see H5166
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act designating Blanding's turtle as the official turtle of the Commonwealth

An Act designating Blanding's turtle as the official turtle of the Commonwealth By Representative Hogan of Stow, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act designating Blanding's turtle as the official turtle of the Commonwealth By Representative Hogan of Stow, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 3345) of Kate Hogan for legislation to designate the blanding turtle as the official turtle or turtle emblem of the Commonwealth.
  • State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.

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. 2026-03-02 House

    Accompanied a study order, see H5166

  2. 2025-06-18 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 06/24/2025 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-1

  3. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight

  4. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act designating Blanding's turtle as the official turtle of the Commonwealth
By Representative Hogan of Stow, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3345) of Kate Hogan for legislation to designate the blanding turtle as the official turtle or turtle emblem of the Commonwealth. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.3345

Chapter 2 of the General Laws as appearing the 2016 Official Edition is hereby amended by inserting at the end thereof the following section:-

Section 64. The Blanding's turtle shall be the official turtle or turtle emblem of the Commonwealth.

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