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H4625 • 2025

An Act establishing Lobular Breast Cancer Awareness Day

An Act establishing Lobular Breast Cancer Awareness Day

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Sponsor
Badger, Michelle L.
Last action
2026-01-05
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act establishing Lobular Breast Cancer Awareness Day

An Act establishing Lobular Breast Cancer Awareness Day By Representatives Badger of Plymouth and Garballey of Arlington, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Michelle L.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act establishing Lobular Breast Cancer Awareness Day By Representatives Badger of Plymouth and Garballey of Arlington, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Michelle L.
  • Badger for the issuance of an annual proclamation by the Governor to designate October 15th as lobular breast cancer awareness day.
  • State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.
  • Status: Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

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. 2026-01-05 House

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

  2. 2026-01-05 House

    Rules suspended

  3. 2026-01-05 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  4. 2025-12-18 House

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

  5. 2025-10-29 Joint

    Hearing rescheduled to 11/05/2025 from 10:30 AM-01:00 PM in B-2 and Virtual Hearing location changed

  6. 2025-10-27 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 11/05/2025 from 10:30 AM-01:00 PM in A-2

  7. 2025-10-16 Senate

    Senate concurred

  8. 2025-10-08 House

    Reported, referred to the committee on Joint Rules, reported, rules suspended and referred to the committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight

  9. 2025-07-23 House

    Referred to the committee on House Rules

Official Summary Text

An Act establishing Lobular Breast Cancer Awareness Day
By Representatives Badger of Plymouth and Garballey of Arlington, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Michelle L. Badger for the issuance of an annual proclamation by the Governor to designate October 15th as lobular breast cancer awareness day. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.4625

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

Section 15AAAAAAA. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart October 15th as Lobular Breast Cancer Awareness Day to promote awareness about the disease and stimulate related research efforts and recommending that the day be observed in an appropriate manner by the people.

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