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Passed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #97 (Yeas 39 – Nays 0)

S2557  ·  Senate roll call No. 97  ·  2021-10-21  ·  192nd General Court (2021 to 2022)
39 yeas, 0 nays, 0 absent  ·  the Clerk's sheet (PDF)

Amendment 1, moved by Senate Committee on Ways and Means  ·  Adopted

An Act concerning genocide education

SECTION 1. Chapter 29 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 2LLLLL the following section:- Section 2MMMMM. (a) For the purposes of this section, “Community-based organization” and “Genocide” shall have the same meanings as defined in section 98 of chapter 71. (b) There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Genocide Education Trust Fund for the purpose of educating middle and high school students on the history of genocide. The commissioner of elementary and secondary education shall administer the fund to assist in promoting the teaching of human rights issues in all public schools and school distr…

yea · 39

An asterisk marks a vote the sheet records as entered after the roll closed. A member shown as "not linked" is a name on the sheet that did not resolve to exactly one member of the session's roster; it is left as printed rather than guessed.