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H3388 • 2025

An Act designating veterans suicide awareness and remembrance day

An Act designating veterans suicide awareness and remembrance day

Enacted

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

Sponsor
Joan Meschino
Last action
2025-11-19
Official status
Signed by the Governor, Chapter 66 of the Acts of 2025
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act designating veterans suicide awareness and remembrance day

An Act designating veterans suicide awareness and remembrance day By Representative Meschino of Hull, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act designating veterans suicide awareness and remembrance day By Representative Meschino of Hull, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 3388) of Joan Meschino and others for the issuance of an annual proclamation by the Governor to designate September 22 as military service members and veterans suicide awareness and remembrance day.
  • 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. 2025-11-19 Executive

    Signed by the Governor, Chapter 66 of the Acts of 2025

  2. 2025-11-13 Senate

    Enacted and laid before the Governor

  3. 2025-11-12 House

    Enacted

  4. 2025-11-10 House

    Emergency preamble adopted

  5. 2025-11-10 Senate

    Emergency preamble adopted

  6. 2025-11-06 Senate

    Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed

  7. 2025-10-30 Senate

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

  8. 2025-10-30 Senate

    Accompanied by S2189

  9. 2025-10-30 Senate

    Rules suspended

  10. 2025-10-30 Senate

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  11. 2025-09-22 Senate

    Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Rules

  12. 2025-09-18 House

    Read third, amended and passed to be engrossed

  13. 2025-08-28 House

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

  14. 2025-08-28 House

    Rules suspended

  15. 2025-08-28 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  16. 2025-08-18 House

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

  17. 2025-05-30 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 06/04/2025 from 11:00 AM-05:00 PM in Gardner Auditorium

  18. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight

  19. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act designating veterans suicide awareness and remembrance day
By Representative Meschino of Hull, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3388) of Joan Meschino and others for the issuance of an annual proclamation by the Governor to designate September 22 as military service members and veterans suicide awareness and remembrance day. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.3388

Chapter 6 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after section 15ZZZZZZ, the following section:-

Section 15AAAAAAA.

The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart September 22nd as Military Service Members and Veterans Suicide Awareness and Remembrance Day, in recognition and in honor of fallen service members and veterans and their families, to acknowledge that suicide among service members and veterans is an epidemic, to foster awareness of suicide among service members and veterans, and to call for suicide prevention measures for service members and veterans, and thereby to support the service members and veterans who dedicate their lives to protect and to serve our country, and shall recommend that the day be observed in an appropriate manner by the people of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

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