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Senate 549 - Petition of Bruce E. Tarr for legislation relative to the Northeast Solid Waste Committee.

Bill Status

  • Session: 185th General Court
  • Bill Status: 02/25/08 S Referred to the committee on Senate Bills in the Third Reading. -SJ 1247

Sponsor:

  • Bruce E. Tarr

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 May 14 pm at 1:00 in Room A-1
  • 06/14/07 S Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means -SJ 489
  • 09/19/07 S Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment
  • 09/19/07 S Rules suspended
  • 09/19/07 S Read second, amended (as recommended by the committee on Ways and Means) and ordered to a third reading -SJs 726-727
  • 09/20/07 S Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed -SJ 800
  • 09/24/07 H Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means -HJ 672
  • 11/07/07 H Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, inserting in place thereof the text of H4337
  • 11/07/07 H Referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling -HJ 815
  • 11/19/07 H Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting -HJ 881
  • 01/16/08 H Read second, amended (as recommended by the committee on Ways and Means) and ordered to a third reading -HJ 998
  • 02/06/08 H Read third and passed to be engrossed -HJ 1042
  • 02/12/08 S Rules suspended
  • 02/12/08 S Senate concurred in the House amendment -SJ 1221
  • 02/13/08 H Enacted -HJ 1059
  • 02/13/08 S Enacted and laid before the Governor -SJ 1226
  • 02/21/08 G Governor returned to the Senate with an amendment
  • 02/25/08 S For message, see S2512
  • 02/25/08 S Referred to the committee on Senate Bills in the Third Reading. -SJ 1247

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