Overview

• The state panel released three leading options each for a new seal, flag and motto, featuring elements such as feathers, a whale or mayflower, waves, a star and a flower.
• Officials emphasized the options are conceptual and may be revised after public input gathered in September and October.
• The committee plans six hearings next month and in October—four in person and two virtual—with a final schedule to be announced.
• Eastern Research Group has been engaged to refine the designs for a report due in December, after which the governor must file legislation and the Legislature would need to approve any changes.
• Motto finalists are “Multae voces, una res publica” (“Many voices, one commonwealth”), “Bono publico laetamur” (“We rejoice in the public good”), and “We honor all life guided by the First Light,” as debate continues over whether and how to include Indigenous imagery.