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Senate 515 - Petition of Thomas M. McGee for legislation relative to rates of pilotage.

Bill Status

  • Session: 185th General Court
  • Bill Status: 07/30/08 H Read second, amended (as recommended by the committee on Ways and Means) and ordered to a third reading -HJ 1883

Sponsor:

  • Thomas M. McGee

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 Jul 23 pm at 1:00 in a location off the State House grounds
  • 11/19/07 S Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means -SJ 963
  • 04/08/08 S Committee recommended ought to pass
  • 04/08/08 S Motion to suspend rules negatived
  • 04/08/08 S Referred to the committee on Senate Ethics and Rules -SJ 1436
  • 04/10/08 S Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
  • 04/10/08 S Motion to suspend rules negatived
  • 04/10/08 S Placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session -SJ 1443
  • 04/29/08 S Read second
  • 04/29/08 S Postponed to May 20, 2008 -SJ 1522
  • 06/04/08 S Postponed to the next session -SJ 1866
  • 06/12/08 S Postponed to the next session -SJ 1900
  • 06/24/08 S Amendment adopted
  • 06/24/08 S Ordered to a third reading
  • 06/24/08 S Rules suspended
  • 06/24/08 S Read third and passed to be engrossed -SJs 1927-1928
  • 06/25/08 H Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means -HJs 1628-1629
  • 07/30/08 H Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of H5036
  • 07/30/08 H Referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling with the amendment pending
  • 07/30/08 H Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
  • 07/30/08 H Rules suspended
  • 07/30/08 H Read second, amended (as recommended by the committee on Ways and Means) and ordered to a third reading -HJ 1883

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