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Senate 509 - Petition of Robert L. Hedlund for legislation relative to harbormaster training certification.

Bill Status

  • Session: 185th General Court
  • Bill Status: 09/18/08 S Rules suspended

    09/18/08 S Senate concurred in the House amendment with a further amendment -SJs 2534-2535

Sponsor:

  • Robert L. Hedlund

All Bill Actions

  • 01/11/07 S Referred to the committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture
  • 01/11/07 H House concurred
  • Public Hearing date Sep 24 pm at 1:00 in Room A-1
  • 10/22/07 S Bill reported favorably by committee as changed and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means -SJ 873
  • 11/20/07 S Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment
  • 11/20/07 S Rules suspended
  • 11/20/07 S Read second, amended (as recommended by the committee on Ways and Means), ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed -SJ 978
  • 11/20/07 H Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means -HJ 891
  • 05/28/08 H Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting therefor a new text, see H4791
  • 05/28/08 H Referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling, with the amendment pending (H4791) -HJ 1525
  • 06/26/08 H Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading with the amendment (H4791) pending -HJ 1641
  • 06/30/08 H Read second, amended (new text substituted, see H4791)
  • 06/30/08 H Ordered to a third reading -HJ 1662
  • 07/28/08 H Read third and passed to be engrossed -HJ 1849
  • 09/18/08 S Rules suspended
  • 09/18/08 S Senate concurred in the House amendment with a further amendment -SJs 2534-2535

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