The Senate adopted a set of resolutions commending the Armenian American community of the Commonwealth, the Armenian Heritage Foundation, Friends of the Armenian Heritage Park, and former state representative Rachel Kaprielian and Peter Katuzian on the occasion of the commemoration of the Armenian genocide.
Senator Brownsberger, identified in the record as the senator from Suffolk and Middlesex, presented the resolutions and the clerk read them into the record. The Senate took a voice vote; the clerk announced, "The ayes have it," and the resolutions were adopted. No numerical tally was recorded in the transcript.
The resolutions recognize community organizations and two individuals for the commemoration; the text read into the record named the Armenian American community of the Commonwealth, the Armenian Heritage Foundation, Friends of the Armenian Heritage Park, Rachel Kaprielian and Peter Katuzian. The record does not specify any follow-up action, appropriation, or implementation steps tied to the resolutions.
The adoption was a formal, nonbinding recognition by the Senate. No additional debate or opposing remarks were recorded in the transcript.