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H4374 • 2025

An Act designating a certain overpass in the town of Sandwich as the U.S. Marine Staff Sergeant Raymond G. Tourville Veterans Memorial Overpass

An Act designating a certain overpass in the town of Sandwich as the U.S. Marine Staff Sergeant Raymond G. Tourville Veterans Memorial Overpass

Enacted

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

Sponsor
Steven George Xiarhos
Last action
2026-04-10
Official status
Signed by the Governor, Chapter 62 of the Acts of 2026
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

An Act designating a certain overpass in the town of Sandwich as the U.S. Marine Staff Sergeant Raymond G. Tourville Veterans Memorial Overpass

An Act designating a certain overpass in the town of Sandwich as the U.S.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act designating a certain overpass in the town of Sandwich as the U.S.
  • Marine Staff Sergeant Raymond G.
  • Tourville Veterans Memorial Overpass By Representative Xiarhos of Barnstable, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Steven George Xiarhos that a certain overpass on State Route 6 in the town of Sandwich be designated as the U.S.
  • Marine Staff Sergeant Raymond G.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-04-10 Executive

    Signed by the Governor, Chapter 62 of the Acts of 2026

  2. 2026-04-02 House

    Enacted

  3. 2026-04-02 Senate

    Enacted and laid before the Governor

  4. 2026-04-01 Senate

    Taken out of the Orders of the Day

  5. 2026-04-01 Senate

    Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed

  6. 2026-03-19 Senate

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  7. 2026-02-17 Senate

    Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session

  8. 2026-02-12 House

    Read third and passed to be engrossed

  9. 2026-02-02 House

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

  10. 2026-02-02 House

    Rules suspended

  11. 2026-02-02 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  12. 2026-01-27 House

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

  13. 2025-10-24 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 11/04/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2

  14. 2025-08-04 Senate

    Senate concurred

  15. 2025-07-31 House

    Reported, referred to the committee on Joint Rules, reported, rules suspended and referred to the committee on Transportation

  16. 2025-07-17 House

    Referred to the committee on House Rules

Official Summary Text

An Act designating a certain overpass in the town of Sandwich as the U.S. Marine Staff Sergeant Raymond G. Tourville Veterans Memorial Overpass
By Representative Xiarhos of Barnstable, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Steven George Xiarhos that a certain overpass on State Route 6 in the town of Sandwich be designated as the U.S. Marine Staff Sergeant Raymond G. Tourville veterans memorial overpass. Transportation.

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.4374

SECTION 1. The Quaker Meetinghouse Overpass located over Route 6 Mid Cape Highway, bridge numbers S04007 (4BB) and S04010 (4BC), in the town of Sandwich, shall be designated and known as the U. S. Marine Staff Sergeant Raymond G. Tourville Veterans Memorial Bridge, in memory of Raymond G. Tourville, of Sandwich, who dedicated his life to serving our country for a decade in the United States Marine Corps. Raymond lost his life to suicide due to traumatic brain injuries and post-traumatic stress disorder on September 15, 2024, at age 27, after numerous deployments where he served with distinction and upheld the Marine Corps values of honor, courage, and commitment to the United States.

SECTION 2. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain suitable markers on the bridge bearing such designation in compliance with the standards of the department

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